Note: these 'words' (valid or invalid) are all the permutations of the word geek. These words are obtained by scrambling the letters in geek.
Definitions and meaning of geek
geek
Pronunciation
enPR: gēk, IPA(key): /ɡiːk/
Rhymes: -iːk
Etymology 1
Started as carnival slang, likely from the British dialectal term geck(“a fool, dupe, simpleton”) (1510s), apparently from Dutch gek or Low German geck, from an imitative verb found in North Sea Germanic and Scandinavian meaning "to croak, cackle," and also "to mock, cheat" (Dutch gekken, German gecken, Danish gække, Norwegian gakke, Swedish gäcka). The root still survives in the Dutch adjective noun gek(“crazy" or "crazy person”). Compare gink and also Old Norsegikkr(“a pert, rude person; jester; fool”).
Noun
geek (pluralgeeks)
(dated) A carnival performer specializing in bizarre and unappetizing behavior.
(colloquial) 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.
(colloquial, by extension) An expert in a technical field, particularly one having to do with computers.
(uncountable, colloquial) 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.
(colloquial) An unfashionable or socially undesirable person.
Synonyms
(carnival performer):freak
(person intensely interested in a particular field or hobby):otaku, anorak, dork, nerd, propeller head; see also Thesaurus:dork
(expert in a technical field):freak, guru, hacker
(unfashionable or socially undesirable person):loser, nonce, waste of space; see also Thesaurus:worthless person
Derived terms
Translations
Verb
geek (third-person singular simple presentgeeks, present participlegeeking, simple past and past participlegeeked)
(intransitive, colloquial) To enthusiastically engage in geek-like or nerdy interests.
(intransitive, African-American Vernacular, slang) To be nervous or hyperactive due to using crack cocaine.
Usage notes
Usually used in combination with out or up.
Derived terms
Translations
Etymology 2
Probably related to keek. Compare Germangucken(“look”), kieken(“look”) and the dialectal corruption of Dutch keek(“keek”) (from kijk(“look”)), kijken(“to look”). Australian use from Cornish dialect.
Noun
geek (pluralgeeks)
(Australia, colloquial) A look.
Have a geek at this.
Synonyms
(look):butcher’s, gander, dekko
Translations
Verb
geek (third-person singular simple presentgeeks, present participlegeeking, simple past and past participlegeeked)
(Cornwall) To look; to peep; to stare about intently.
Synonyms
See Thesaurus:look
References
Wright, Joseph (1900) The English Dialect Dictionary[6], volume 2, Oxford: Oxford University Press, page 592
geek(expert in a technical field, particularly to do with computers; person intensely interested in a particular field or hobby; unfashionable or socially undesirable person)
Declension
Synonyms
nørd
French
Etymology
Borrowed from Englishgeek.
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /ɡik/
Noun
geekm or f by sense (pluralgeeks)
geek (all senses)
Fwâi
Adjective
geek
dirty
cool (fashion)
References
André-Georges Haudricourt et Françoise Ozanne-Rivière, Dictionnaire thématique des langues de la région de Hienghène (Nouvelle-Calédonie) : pije - fwâi - nemi - jawe, Lacito - Documents, Asie-Austronésie 4, SELAF no. 212, Peeters, 1982
Jawe
Adjective
geek
dirty
References
André-Georges Haudricourt et Françoise Ozanne-Rivière, Dictionnaire thématique des langues de la région de Hienghène (Nouvelle-Calédonie) : pije - fwâi - nemi - jawe, Lacito - Documents, Asie-Austronésie 4, SELAF no. 212, Peeters, 1982
Nemi
Adjective
geek
dirty
References
André-Georges Haudricourt et Françoise Ozanne-Rivière, Dictionnaire thématique des langues de la région de Hienghène (Nouvelle-Calédonie) : pije - fwâi - nemi - jawe, Lacito - Documents, Asie-Austronésie 4, SELAF no. 212, Peeters, 1982
North Frisian
Etymology
Compare Dutchgek(“fool, madman”)
Noun
geekm
(Mooring) fool
Pije
Adjective
geek
dirty
References
André-Georges Haudricourt et Françoise Ozanne-Rivière, Dictionnaire thématique des langues de la région de Hienghène (Nouvelle-Calédonie) : pije - fwâi - nemi - jawe, Lacito - Documents, Asie-Austronésie 4, SELAF no. 212, Peeters, 1982
Portuguese
Etymology
Unadapted borrowing from Englishgeek.
Pronunciation
Hyphenation: geek
Adjective
geek (invariable)
geek(characteristic of those who are interested in video games, films, and series, in collecting themed objects and toys)
Noun
geekm or f by sense (pluralgeeks)
geek(expert in a technical field, particularly to do with computers)