Definizione monolingua

geek

geek (third-person singular simple present geeks, present participle geeking, simple past and past participle geeked)

1. (colloquial) To get high on cocaine.

Wikipedia geek (plural geeks)

1. (dated) A carnival performer specializing in bizarre and unappetizing behavior.

   I once saw a geek bite the head off a live chicken.

2. (colloquial) A person who is intensely interested in a particular field or hobby and usually asocial. Often used with an attributive noun.

   I was a complete computer geek in high school, but I get out a lot more now.

   Most famous actors are really theater geeks at heart.

3. (colloquial, by extension) An expert in a technical field, particularly one having to do with computers.

   My laptop’s locked up again. I need a geek.

   Do you need a hardware geek or a software geek?

4. (colloquial) The subculture of geeks; an esoteric subject of interest that is marginal to the social mainstream; the philosophy, events, and physical artifacts of geeks.
   • 2007 Kelly Boler, inmag.com: ""Basically,"" says [Harry J.] Knowles [founder, Aint It Cool News website], ""its my job to stay on top of the latest and coolest in geek thats out there, specifically as it relates to the world of film.""
5. (colloquial) An unfashionable or socially undesirable person.

   Why do you hang around with them? They’re just geeks.

6. (Australian, colloquial) A look.

   Have a geek at this.

Definizione dizionario geek

Altri significati:

(colloquial) An unfashionable or socially undesirable person.

(colloquial) The subculture of geeks; an esoteric subject of interest that is marginal to the social mainstream; the philosophy, events, and physical artifacts of geeks.

(colloquial) To get high on cocaine.

expert in a technical field, particularly to do with computers

(dated) A carnival performer specializing in bizarre and unappetizing behavior.

person intensely interested in a particular field or hobby

(colloquial) A person who is intensely interested in a particular field or hobby and usually antisocial. Often used with an attributive noun.

unfashionable or socially undesirable person

(colloquial, by extension) An expert in a technical field, particularly one having to do with computers.

(Australian, colloquial) A look.

carnival performer