geek

noun

/ɡiːk/

(informal)

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a person who is boring, wears clothes that are not fashionable, does not know how to behave in social situations, etc. synonym nerd (1)
a person who is very interested in and who knows a lot about a particular subject synonym nerd (2)
- a computer geek
Oxford Collocations Dictionary
Geek is used after these nouns:
computer
gadget
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Word Originlate 19th cent.: from the related English dialect word geck ‘fool’, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch gek ‘mad, silly’.

verb

/ɡiːk/

(informal)

Verb Forms

present simple I / you / we / they geek	/ɡiːk/ /ɡiːk/
he / she / it geeks	/ɡiːks/ /ɡiːks/
past simple geeked	/ɡiːkt/ /ɡiːkt/
past participle geeked	/ɡiːkt/ /ɡiːkt/
-ing form geeking	/ˈɡiːkɪŋ/ /ˈɡiːkɪŋ/

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[intransitive] geek (out) (over something) to do or discuss computer tasks with great enthusiasm and attention to technical detail
- We geeked out for 50 minutes looking at code.
- Bill and Frank geeked out over computer stuff for a bit.
[intransitive, transitive] to be or become extremely excited about something, especially something that only a few people are interested in
- geek (out) (about/over something) We chatted and geeked about pop culture we both like.
- be geeked (out/up) (about/over something) So we're all totally geeked up about the second half of the college football season.

Word Originlate 19th cent.: from the related English dialect word geck ‘fool’, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch gek ‘mad, silly’.