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(giːk)
Word forms: plural geeks
1. countable noun
You can refer to someone who is very skilled in a specific subject as a geek.
[informal]
He transformed himself from computer geek to tycoon.
She spotted an advertisement for a maths geek to work on a new television show.
2. countable noun
If you call someone a geek, you are saying in an unkind way that they are unfashionable and behave awkwardly in social situations.
[informal, disapproval]
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geek in British English

(ɡiːk)
noun slang
1. 
a person who is knowledgeable and enthusiastic about a specific subject
2. 
a boring and unattractive social misfit
Derived forms
geeky (ˈgeeky)
adjective
Word origin
C19: probably variant of Scottish geck fool, from Middle Low German geck

geek in American English

(gik)
US
noun
1. 
a performer of grotesque or depraved acts in a carnival, etc., such as biting off the head of a live chicken
2.  Slang
any person considered to be different from others in a negative or bizarre way, as a teenager seen as being socially or physically awkward
3.  Slang
a person regarded as being especially enthusiastic, knowledgeable, and skillful in the use of computers
Derived forms
geeky (ˈgiki)
adjectiveWord forms: ˈgeekier or ˈgeekiest
Word origin
< dial. geck, fool < Du gek, madman, fool < MLowG geck: orig. echoic of unintelligible cries

Examples of 'geek' in a sentence
geek

Yet countries perceived as our enemies nurture their computer geeks in the full knowledge that they are the future.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
We are both maths geeks.
The Sun (2016)
It's the snarling turbines, the hiss of steam and clutter of coal trucks and tram tracks that bring out the inner geek in me.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
Mood lighting and touchscreen for gadget geeks.
The Sun (2011)
The computer geeks falsely added thousands of extra signatures.
The Sun (2016)
The answer is that they are all what it pleases the world to call geeks.
The Times Literary Supplement (2010)
Express your inner geek by choosing bright colours and patterns.
The Sun (2012)
Give them a call and a reputable computer geek will be dispatched to fix your machine.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
All this fuss over a computer geek.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
Or are there a lot of sad sci-fi geeks in this world?
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
And some people say that geeks aren't good with women.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
The heptathlon scoring tables are a maths geek's fantasy.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
It's a good time to be a gadget geek.
The Sun (2015)
Which one of you computer geeks is going to make me $1 billion?
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
But gadget geeks may find it all too frivolous and comedy fans may wince at their favourites' talking head ramblings.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
But the maths geek liked music more than the idea of joining a multinational, so he worked in a record store.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
THIS is a belter for sci-fi geeks.
The Sun (2013)
Is it really true that I can let my inner geek resurface?
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
Still, if geeks can be awkward, that is part of their charm.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
But this, in a nutshell, is the problem some people have with geeks.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
It has been called geek art (by me).
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
Her son calls her'the geek of beauty '.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
There's something about the way a superior gadget comes out of its box that excites one's inner geek.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
FOR maths geeks, here's the full formula.
The Sun (2012)
1 (noun) 
Geeks like me revel in small details.
Synonyms
nerd or nurd
bore
He's a bore and a fool.
obsessive
anorak (informal)
trainspotter (informal)
dork (slang)
wonk (informal)
statto (British, informal)
2 (noun) 
Online communication was once the preserve of computer geeks.
Synonyms
techie
nerd or nurd
gamer
programmer
whiz
netizen
alpha geek
genius
e-type
digital native
Opposites
newbie, noob or n00b
,
luser (slang, computing)
,
digital immigrant

Additional synonyms

in the sense of bore
Definition
a dull or repetitious person, activity, or state
He's a bore and a fool.
Synonyms
nuisance,
pain (informal),
drag (informal),
headache (informal),
yawn (informal),
anorak (informal),
pain in the neck (informal),
dullard,
pain in the arse (taboo, slang),
dull person,
tiresome person,
wearisome talker

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geek

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