geekn.

Brit.

/ɡiːk/, U.S.

/ɡik/

Forms: 1800s– geek, 1900s geke (rare).

Origin: Of uncertain origin. Perhaps a variant or alteration of another lexical item. Etymon: geck n.¹

Etymology: Origin uncertain; perhaps originally a variant of geck n.¹The following probably shows a transmission error for gecke (see geck n.¹) rather than the present word:a1616 W. Shakespeare Cymbeline (1623) v. v. 161 To taint his Nobler hart & braine, with needlesse ielousy, And to become the geeke and scorne o'th'others vilany.

1. slang (chiefly U.S.).

a. Originally English regional (northern). A person, a fellow, esp. one who is regarded as foolish, offensive, worthless, etc.

ΚΠ

1876 F. K. Robinson Gloss. Words Whitby Gawk, Geek, Gowk or Gowky, a fool; a person uncultivated; a dupe.

1908 H. C. Fisher in San Francisco Examiner 28 Apr. 13 (comic strip) A geek who spends his spare time making Czar removers was slammed into the city cooler.

1916 Wells Fargo Messenger Oct. 29/2 A new Wells agent struck our town the other week, and say—you never saw a more enthusiastic geek!

1951 N. Algren Chicago (2001) v. 59 The jungle hiders come softly forth: geeks and gargoyles, old blown winos, sour stewbums and grinning ginsoaks.

1971 H. S. Thompson Let. 1 June in Fear & Loathing in Amer. (2000) 393 The Aspen zip code is 81611. These hamwit geeks go crazy when they get something addressed to two different postal areas.

1986 C. Matheson & E. Solomon Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure (film script, 5th draft) (O.E.D. Archive) 86 Freud. (to the girls) Hi, I'm Sigmund Freud. The girls giggle some more. Freud. (stroking his goatee) You both seem to be suffering from a mild form of hysteria. Girl #1. (to Freud) You geek.

2001 C. Glazebrook Madolescents 173 The Elbow's heaving with bimboids and geeks who work in banks and stuff.

b. Frequently depreciative. An overly diligent, unsociable student; any unsociable person obsessively devoted to a particular pursuit (usually specified in a preceding attributive noun). Cf. nerd n.

ΘΚΠ

society > education > learning > learner > [noun] > diligent pupil or student

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1957 J. Kerouac Let. 1 Oct. in Sel. Lett. 1957–69 (1999) 66 Unbelievable number of events almost impossible to remember, including..Brooklyn College wanted me to lecture to eager students and big geek questions to answer.

1980 E. A. Folb Runnin' down some Lines 239 Geek, studious person.

1991 S. J. Gould Bully for Brontosaurus vi. 96 Any kid with a passionate interest in science was a wonk, a square, a dweeb, a doofus, or a geek.

1992 Sports Illustr. 14 Dec. 38/1 The article is a nine-page compilation of photos, diagrams and written arcana, which only a football geek could love.

2001 Heat 17 Nov. 83/1 The acerbic Enid starts hanging out with the middle-aged record-collecting geek Seymour.

c. spec. A person who is extremely devoted to and knowledgeable about computers or related technology.In this sense, esp. when as a self-designation, not necessarily depreciative.

ΘΚΠ

society > computing and information technology > [noun] > ability to use > specialist, enthusiast

computer scientist1957

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hacker1969

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computer hacker1976

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1983 Re: Temporary file names in net.misc (Usenet newsgroup) 16 Feb. I eschew the use of ‘foo’ ‘bar’ and other dill-beak geek dull unimaginative temporary filenames!

1984 Bye in net.jokes (Usenet newsgroup) 20 Feb. I was a lonely young computer geek With a program due 'most every week.

1989 C. Stoll Cuckoo's Egg xlvi. 242 Why are you trying to catch some poor computer geek who's just fooling around?

1993 R. Rucker et al. Mondo 2000 (U.K. ed.) 122/1 Geek is the proud, insider term for nerd. If you are not a dedicated techie, don't use this word.

2001 Independent 4 June ii. 9/1 We're the nerds, the geeks, the dweebs: the men and women who can spend 20 hours straight contemplating 600 bytes of obscure, arcane, impenetrable computer code.

2. U.S. slang. A performer at a carnival or circus whose show consists of bizarre or grotesque acts, such as biting the head off a live animal.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > circus performance > [noun] > performer > specific

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1919 Billboard (Cincinnati) 25 Oct. 74/4 (advt.) At Liberty—Snake charmer or geek man; would like to join show going south.

1935 Amer. Mercury June 229 Geek, a degenerate who bites off the heads of chickens in a gory cannibal show.

1948 N.Y. Times Bk. Rev. 7 Mar. 25 An amiable alcoholic who keeps a real live chicken-eating geek in his garden.

1961 Times Lit. Suppl. 27 Jan. 62/2 He..enslaves a ‘geek’, a dumb sideshow stooge whose daily routine consists of being exhibited in a pit which he has to dig for himself.

1975 R. Davies World of Wonders (1977) i. viii. 130 I was compelled to exhibit Willard as a geek... You lecture for a while on the yearning of the geek for raw flesh.

2001 H. Bone (title) Side show: My life with geeks, freaks & vagabonds in the carny trade.

Compounds

geek chic n. a glamorization of the culture and appearance of geeks; the style associated with geeks.

ΚΠ

1991 Face Feb. 34/1 In the beginning was The Word, which in 1984 was not some sad pop programme but a cult rag called The End dedicated to the geek chic of terrace culture and all its trappings.

1995 Evening Sun (Baltimore) 29 Mar. d1/6 Most pretentious fake-beatnik sunglasses: Worn by geek-chic ‘Pulp Fiction’ director Quentin Tarantino.

2000 N.Y. Times 3 Aug. g7/1 The crowd is young, the style is geek chic and the latest in computer gadgetry is on display.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

geekv.

Brit.

/ɡiːk/, U.S.

/ɡik/

Origin: Formed within English, by conversion. Etymon: geek n.

Etymology: < geek n.

Originally and chiefly U.S. slang.

1. intransitive, and transitive with it. To give up, to back down; to lose one's nerve. Also with out.

ΚΠ

1935 A. J. Pollock Underworld Speaks 44/2 Geek it, to quit on a job; lose nerve.

1938 D. Runyon Take it Easy 274 I put him with this punching bag, Joe Grosher, in Newark, and my guy geeks it the first good smack he gets.

1950 San Francisco Examiner 26 June 31/8 It can't be said that Citation [sc. a racehorse] geeked it once Noor came out of the weeds. He accepted every issue and gave it his best.

1984 J. Varley in S. Williams Hugo & Nebula Award Winners from Asimov's Sci. Fiction (1995) 200 The councilman might geek if they got him in front of a grand jury.

1986 A. Greeley God Game (1987) xiv. 274 He was a physically strong man, capable on the record of decisive action, personal heroism and spectacular performance in bed. Why had he geeked out?

2. intransitive. To work as a geek in a circus or carnival (geek n. 2). Also transitive (of a geek): to bite the head off (an animal) during a performance.

ΚΠ

1946 W. L. Gresham Nightmare Alley 6 How do you ever get a guy to geek?.. I mean, is a guy born that way—liking to bite the heads off chickens?

1961 G. Forbes Goodbye to Some 83 Sure mister, I'll geek, till something better comes along.

1970 R. Davies Fifth Business vi. vii. 300 Not a nice life..but if it is the only way to keep yourself in morphia, you'd rather geek than have the horrors.

1989 K. Dunn Geek Love i. i. 6 When she caught those ugly squawking hens you couldn't believe she'd actually do anything. When she went right ahead and geeked 'em that whole larruping crowd went bonzo wild.

3. transitive. With up. To excite or stimulate (a person); to make (a person) nervous or jittery. Cf. geeked adj. 1.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > excitement > exciting > excite [verb (transitive)]

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1984 Knoxville (Tennessee) Jrnl. 6 Oct. b2 It always used to geek me up when we were facing third-and-one or first-and-goal, and they would send me in to get it.

1992 USA Today 12 May c3/4 He wanted to geek up his guy. He knows Jimmy knows his stuff, he just needs a chance to show it. What better time than in this situation, with everybody watching, with everything on the line.

1994 Vibe Nov. 116/2 When I have the opportunity to combine the music with the words with the scenery behind it, it kinda geeks me up.

4. intransitive. With out. To behave like a geek; esp. (in Computing) to engage (esp. temporarily and inappropriately) in technical discussions, perform a technically complicated task, etc. Cf. geeked adj. 2.

ΚΠ

1990 Righting Words Spring 11/2 Geek out, to study hard.

1991 E. S. Raymond New Hacker's Dict. 175 Geek out, to temporarily enter techno-nerd mode while in a non-hackish context... Especially used when you need to do something highly technical and don't have time to explain: ‘Pardon me while I geek out for a moment.’

1995 D. Coupland Microserfs (1996) i. 27 On the way back we read the Riot Act and said that Bug had to stop geeking out and learn to enculturate.

2000 N.Y. Times 1 Aug. e5/4 Not to geek out on you..but back in 1986 a standard work station cost $65,000, plus $34,000 for the software... Now, you can get 10 times the power in a $7,000 computer.

This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, March 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	geek
释义	geekn. Brit. /ɡiːk/, U.S. /ɡik/ Forms: 1800s– geek, 1900s geke (rare). Origin: Of uncertain origin. Perhaps a variant or alteration of another lexical item. Etymon: geck n.¹ Etymology: Origin uncertain; perhaps originally a variant of geck n.¹The following probably shows a transmission error for gecke (see geck n.¹) rather than the present word:a1616 W. Shakespeare Cymbeline (1623) v. v. 161 To taint his Nobler hart & braine, with needlesse ielousy, And to become the geeke and scorne o'th'others vilany. 1. slang (chiefly U.S.). a. Originally English regional (northern). A person, a fellow, esp. one who is regarded as foolish, offensive, worthless, etc. ΚΠ 1876 F. K. Robinson Gloss. Words Whitby Gawk, Geek, Gowk or Gowky, a fool; a person uncultivated; a dupe. 1908 H. C. Fisher in San Francisco Examiner 28 Apr. 13 (comic strip) A geek who spends his spare time making Czar removers was slammed into the city cooler. 1916 Wells Fargo Messenger Oct. 29/2 A new Wells agent struck our town the other week, and say—you never saw a more enthusiastic geek! 1951 N. Algren Chicago (2001) v. 59 The jungle hiders come softly forth: geeks and gargoyles, old blown winos, sour stewbums and grinning ginsoaks. 1971 H. S. Thompson Let. 1 June in Fear & Loathing in Amer. (2000) 393 The Aspen zip code is 81611. These hamwit geeks go crazy when they get something addressed to two different postal areas. 1986 C. Matheson & E. Solomon Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure (film script, 5th draft) (O.E.D. Archive) 86 Freud. (to the girls) Hi, I'm Sigmund Freud. The girls giggle some more. Freud. (stroking his goatee) You both seem to be suffering from a mild form of hysteria. Girl #1. (to Freud) You geek. 2001 C. Glazebrook Madolescents 173 The Elbow's heaving with bimboids and geeks who work in banks and stuff. b. Frequently depreciative. An overly diligent, unsociable student; any unsociable person obsessively devoted to a particular pursuit (usually specified in a preceding attributive noun). Cf. nerd n. ΘΚΠ society > education > learning > learner > [noun] > diligent pupil or student muzz1788 sap1798 sapper1825 swot1850 mug1880 mugger1883 mugster1888 groise1913 swotter1919 swotty1929 brain-box1942 mothball1944 geek1957 achiever1960 tug1976 poindexter1981 dexter1985 1957 J. Kerouac Let. 1 Oct. in Sel. Lett. 1957–69 (1999) 66 Unbelievable number of events almost impossible to remember, including..Brooklyn College wanted me to lecture to eager students and big geek questions to answer. 1980 E. A. Folb Runnin' down some Lines 239 Geek, studious person. 1991 S. J. Gould Bully for Brontosaurus vi. 96 Any kid with a passionate interest in science was a wonk, a square, a dweeb, a doofus, or a geek. 1992 Sports Illustr. 14 Dec. 38/1 The article is a nine-page compilation of photos, diagrams and written arcana, which only a football geek could love. 2001 Heat 17 Nov. 83/1 The acerbic Enid starts hanging out with the middle-aged record-collecting geek Seymour. c. spec. A person who is extremely devoted to and knowledgeable about computers or related technology.In this sense, esp. when as a self-designation, not necessarily depreciative. ΘΚΠ society > computing and information technology > [noun] > ability to use > specialist, enthusiast computer scientist1957 computerist1964 hacker1969 techie1970 hack1972 computer hacker1976 geek1983 tech-head1983 techno-head1988 cybergeek1992 alpha geek1993 1983 Re: Temporary file names in net.misc (Usenet newsgroup) 16 Feb. I eschew the use of ‘foo’ ‘bar’ and other dill-beak geek dull unimaginative temporary filenames! 1984 Bye in net.jokes (Usenet newsgroup) 20 Feb. I was a lonely young computer geek With a program due 'most every week. 1989 C. Stoll Cuckoo's Egg xlvi. 242 Why are you trying to catch some poor computer geek who's just fooling around? 1993 R. Rucker et al. Mondo 2000 (U.K. ed.) 122/1 Geek is the proud, insider term for nerd. If you are not a dedicated techie, don't use this word. 2001 Independent 4 June ii. 9/1 We're the nerds, the geeks, the dweebs: the men and women who can spend 20 hours straight contemplating 600 bytes of obscure, arcane, impenetrable computer code. 2. U.S. slang. A performer at a carnival or circus whose show consists of bizarre or grotesque acts, such as biting the head off a live animal. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > circus performance > [noun] > performer > specific strongwoman1753 high-rider1771 horse-rider1854 geek1919 1919 Billboard (Cincinnati) 25 Oct. 74/4 (advt.) At Liberty—Snake charmer or geek man; would like to join show going south. 1935 Amer. Mercury June 229 Geek, a degenerate who bites off the heads of chickens in a gory cannibal show. 1948 N.Y. Times Bk. Rev. 7 Mar. 25 An amiable alcoholic who keeps a real live chicken-eating geek in his garden. 1961 Times Lit. Suppl. 27 Jan. 62/2 He..enslaves a ‘geek’, a dumb sideshow stooge whose daily routine consists of being exhibited in a pit which he has to dig for himself. 1975 R. Davies World of Wonders (1977) i. viii. 130 I was compelled to exhibit Willard as a geek... You lecture for a while on the yearning of the geek for raw flesh. 2001 H. Bone (title) Side show: My life with geeks, freaks & vagabonds in the carny trade. Compounds geek chic n. a glamorization of the culture and appearance of geeks; the style associated with geeks. ΚΠ 1991 Face Feb. 34/1 In the beginning was The Word, which in 1984 was not some sad pop programme but a cult rag called The End dedicated to the geek chic of terrace culture and all its trappings. 1995 Evening Sun (Baltimore) 29 Mar. d1/6 Most pretentious fake-beatnik sunglasses: Worn by geek-chic ‘Pulp Fiction’ director Quentin Tarantino. 2000 N.Y. Times 3 Aug. g7/1 The crowd is young, the style is geek chic and the latest in computer gadgetry is on display. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). geekv. Brit. /ɡiːk/, U.S. /ɡik/ Origin: Formed within English, by conversion. Etymon: geek n. Etymology: < geek n. Originally and chiefly U.S. slang. 1. intransitive, and transitive with it. To give up, to back down; to lose one's nerve. Also with out. ΚΠ 1935 A. J. Pollock Underworld Speaks 44/2 Geek it, to quit on a job; lose nerve. 1938 D. Runyon Take it Easy 274 I put him with this punching bag, Joe Grosher, in Newark, and my guy geeks it the first good smack he gets. 1950 San Francisco Examiner 26 June 31/8 It can't be said that Citation [sc. a racehorse] geeked it once Noor came out of the weeds. He accepted every issue and gave it his best. 1984 J. Varley in S. Williams Hugo & Nebula Award Winners from Asimov's Sci. Fiction (1995) 200 The councilman might geek if they got him in front of a grand jury. 1986 A. Greeley God Game (1987) xiv. 274 He was a physically strong man, capable on the record of decisive action, personal heroism and spectacular performance in bed. Why had he geeked out? 2. intransitive. To work as a geek in a circus or carnival (geek n. 2). Also transitive (of a geek): to bite the head off (an animal) during a performance. ΚΠ 1946 W. L. Gresham Nightmare Alley 6 How do you ever get a guy to geek?.. I mean, is a guy born that way—liking to bite the heads off chickens? 1961 G. Forbes Goodbye to Some 83 Sure mister, I'll geek, till something better comes along. 1970 R. Davies Fifth Business vi. vii. 300 Not a nice life..but if it is the only way to keep yourself in morphia, you'd rather geek than have the horrors. 1989 K. Dunn Geek Love i. i. 6 When she caught those ugly squawking hens you couldn't believe she'd actually do anything. When she went right ahead and geeked 'em that whole larruping crowd went bonzo wild. 3. transitive. With up. To excite or stimulate (a person); to make (a person) nervous or jittery. Cf. geeked adj. 1. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > excitement > exciting > excite [verb (transitive)] astirc1000 stir?c1225 araisec1374 entalentc1374 flamec1380 reara1382 raisec1384 commove1393 kindlea1400 fluster1422 esmove1474 talent1486 heavec1540 erect?1555 inflame1560 to set on gog1560 yark1565 tickle1567 flesh1573 concitate1574 rouse1574 warmc1580 agitate1587 spirit1598 suscitate1598 fermentate1599 nettle1599 startle1602 worka1616 exagitate1621 foment1621 flush1633 exacuatea1637 ferment1667 to work up1681 pique1697 electrify1748 rattle1781 pump1791 to touch up1796 excite1821 to key up1835 to steam up1909 jazz1916 steam1922 volt1930 whee1949 to fire up1976 geek1984 1984 Knoxville (Tennessee) Jrnl. 6 Oct. b2 It always used to geek me up when we were facing third-and-one or first-and-goal, and they would send me in to get it. 1992 USA Today 12 May c3/4 He wanted to geek up his guy. He knows Jimmy knows his stuff, he just needs a chance to show it. What better time than in this situation, with everybody watching, with everything on the line. 1994 Vibe Nov. 116/2 When I have the opportunity to combine the music with the words with the scenery behind it, it kinda geeks me up. 4. intransitive. With out. To behave like a geek; esp. (in Computing) to engage (esp. temporarily and inappropriately) in technical discussions, perform a technically complicated task, etc. Cf. geeked adj. 2. ΚΠ 1990 Righting Words Spring 11/2 Geek out, to study hard. 1991 E. S. Raymond New Hacker's Dict. 175 Geek out, to temporarily enter techno-nerd mode while in a non-hackish context... Especially used when you need to do something highly technical and don't have time to explain: ‘Pardon me while I geek out for a moment.’ 1995 D. Coupland Microserfs (1996) i. 27 On the way back we read the Riot Act and said that Bug had to stop geeking out and learn to enculturate. 2000 N.Y. Times 1 Aug. e5/4 Not to geek out on you..but back in 1986 a standard work station cost $65,000, plus $34,000 for the software... Now, you can get 10 times the power in a $7,000 computer. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, March 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1876v.1935
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