GEEK


Meaning of GEEK in English

/ giːk; NAmE / noun

( informal ) a person who is boring, wears clothes that are not fashionable, does not know how to behave in social situations, etc.

SYN nerd :

a computer geek

►  geeky adjective

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WORD ORIGIN

late 19th cent.: from the related English dialect word geck fool, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch gek mad, silly.

Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary.      Оксфордский английский словарь для изучающик язык на продвинутом уровне.