SpellRight › Spelling
Raregeek
The correct spelling is geek.
How to pronounce geek
/ɡiːk/
nounIPA: /ɡiːk/
Say it like: Jee-k
The correct spelling is geek. A carnival performer specializing in bizarre and unappetizing behavior. For example: "I once saw a geek bite the head off a live chicken."
Usage Examples
“I once saw a geek bite the head off a live chicken.”
“I was a complete computer geek in high school, but I get out a lot more now.”
“Do you need a hardware geek or a software geek?”
Meanings
noun
- 1.A carnival performer specializing in bizarre and unappetizing behavior.
- 2.A person who is intensely interested in a particular field or hobby and often having limited or nonstandard social skills. Often used with an attributive noun.
- 3.(by extension) An expert in a technical field, particularly one having to do with computers.
- 4.The subculture of geeks; an esoteric subject of interest that is marginal to the social mainstream; the philosophy, events, and physical artifacts of geeks; geekness.
- 5.An unfashionable or socially undesirable person.
verb
- 1.To behave geekishly or in a socially awkward manner, especially when under the influence of drugs or other psycho-active substances, and exhibiting such marked characteristics as hyperactivity, repetitiveness, talkativeness, nervousness, irritability, or paranoia.
- 2.To look; to peep; to stare about intently.
Similar words
Words related in meaning — check their spelling too.