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geek

noun

  1. expert or enthusiast obsessed with a hobby or intellectual pursuit
L16821 on Wikidata ↗

verb

  1. to be over-excited
L679213 on Wikidata ↗

Wiktionary

Pronunciation: /ɡiːk/

noun

Etymology: Probably related to keek. Compare German gucken (“look”), kieken (“look”) and the dialectal corruption of Dutch keek (“keek”) (from kijk (“look”)), kijken (“to look”). Australian use from Cornish dialect.

  1. A look.

    Have a geek at this.

    Then he says let′s have a geek at some of the elephant pictures instead.

verb

Etymology: Probably related to keek. Compare German gucken (“look”), kieken (“look”) and the dialectal corruption of Dutch keek (“keek”) (from kijk (“look”)), kijken (“to look”). Australian use from Cornish dialect.

  1. To look; to peep; to stare about intently.

    This gayte bucca-davy, all'ys geekin' round arter a gook.

    I will geek, I will geek I tell ee; while I have the spirit of a man in me I'll geek.