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   geek

   /ɡiːk/

   noun

   • 1. a person who is knowledgeable about and obsessively interested in a particular subject, especially one that is technical or of specialist or niche interest: "a computer geek"
   • 2. an unfashionable person who lacks social skills or is boringly studious: derogatory "geeks who chose to study boring courses"
   • 3. a performer at a carnival or circus whose show consisted of bizarre or grotesque acts. dated US

   verb

   • 1. engage in or discuss technical or computer-related tasks obsessively or with great attention to detail: "we all geeked out for a bit and exchanged ICQ/MSN/AOL/website information"
   • ▪ be or become extremely excited or enthusiastic about a subject, especially one of specialist or niche interest: "I am totally geeking out over this upcoming film"

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

   Derivatives

   • 1. geekdom noun
   • 2. geekish adjective

   Scrabble Points: 9

   • G

     2

   • E

     1

   • E

     1

   • K

     5

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