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- Dictionarygeek/ɡiːk/
noun
- 1. a person who is knowledgeable about and obsessively interested in a particular subject, especially one that is technical or of specialist or niche interest: "a computer geek"
- 2. an unfashionable person who lacks social skills or is boringly studious: derogatory "geeks who chose to study boring courses"
verb
- 1. engage in or discuss technical or computer-related tasks obsessively or with great attention to detail: "we all geeked out for a bit and exchanged ICQ/MSN/AOL/website information"
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