Usually means: Enthusiastic expert in niche topics.
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We found 41 dictionaries that define the word geek:

General (23 matching dictionaries)
  1. geek: Merriam-Webster
  2. geek, geek: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. geek: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. geek: Collins English Dictionary
  5. geek: Vocabulary.com
  6. Geek, geek: Wordnik
  7. geek: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. geek: Wiktionary
  9. geek: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. geek: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  11. geek: Infoplease Dictionary
  12. geek: Dictionary.com
  13. geek: Online Etymology Dictionary
  14. Geek (disambiguation), Geek, Geek, The Geek: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  15. geek: Rhymezone
  16. geek: Stammtisch Beau Fleuve Acronyms
  17. geek: FreeDictionary.org
  18. geek: Mnemonic Dictionary
  19. Geek: The Word Detective
  20. geek: TheFreeDictionary.com
  21. geek: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Electronic Commerce Dictionary (No longer online)

Computing (6 matching dictionaries)
  1. geek: Webster's New World Hacker Dictionary
  2. geek: Free On-line Dictionary of Computing
  3. geek: Netlingo
  4. geek: CCI Computer
  5. Geek: Computer Telephony & Electronics Dictionary and Glossary
  6. Geek, geek: Encyclopedia

Medicine (1 matching dictionary)
  1. online medical dictionary (No longer online)

Miscellaneous (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. GEEK: Acronym Finder
  2. AbbreviationZ (No longer online)

Slang (6 matching dictionaries)
  1. geek, geek, geek, geek, geek, geek, geek: Green’s Dictionary of Slang
  2. geek: English slang and colloquialisms used in the United Kingdom
  3. American-Australian Slang Dictionary (No longer online)
  4. Geek: Street Terms: Drugs and the Drug Trade
  5. geek: ESL Slang page
  6. G.E.E.K: Urban Dictionary

Sports (1 matching dictionary)
  1. 2060 Shadow-Slang (No longer online)

Tech (1 matching dictionary)
  1. geek: Webster's New World Telecom Dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (
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American English Definition British English Definition
noun:  (dated) A carnival performer specializing in bizarre and unappetizing behavior.
noun:  (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.
noun:  (colloquial, by extension) An expert in a technical field, particularly one having to do with computers.
noun:  (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.
noun:  (colloquial) An unfashionable or socially undesirable person.
verb:  (intransitive) To perform bizarre and unpleasant feats as part of a carnival.
verb:  (intransitive, colloquial) To enthusiastically engage in geek-like or nerdy interests.
verb:  (intransitive, African-American Vernacular, slang) To be nervous or hyperactive due to using crack cocaine.
noun:  (Australia, colloquial) A look.
verb:  (Cornwall) To look; to peep; to stare about intently.

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