different between geek vs geer
geek
English
Pronunciation
- enPR: g?k, IPA(key): /?i?k/
- Rhymes: -i?k
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 Norse gikkr (“a pert, rude person; jester; fool”).
Noun
geek (plural geeks)
- (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 present geeks, present participle geeking, simple past and past participle geeked)
- (colloquial) 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.
- Hey, check out that guy...he's really geeking out pretty bad.
Usage notes
- Usually used in combination with out or up.
Translations
Etymology 2
Probably related to keek. Compare German gucken (“look”), kieken (“look”) and the dialectal corruption of Dutch keek (“keek”) (from kijk (“look”)), kijken (“to look”). Australian use from Cornish dialect.
Noun
geek (plural geeks)
- (Australia, colloquial) A look.
- 2005, Carmel Bird, The Essential Bird, unnumbered page,
- Then he says let?s have a geek at some of the elephant pictures instead.
- Have a geek at this.
- 2005, Carmel Bird, The Essential Bird, unnumbered page,
Synonyms
- (look): butcher’s, gander, dekko
Translations
Verb
geek (third-person singular simple present geeks, present participle geeking, simple past and past participle geeked)
- (Cornwall) To look; to peep; to stare about intently.
Synonyms
- See Thesaurus:look
References
- Wright, Joseph (1900) The English Dialect Dictionary?[3], volume 2, Oxford: Oxford University Press, page 592
Basque
Noun
geek
- ergative plural of ge
Danish
Etymology
From English geek. [1995]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?i?k/, [??i???]
Noun
geek c (singular definite geeken, plural indefinite geeks)
- 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
From English geek
Noun
geek m or f (plural geeks)
- geek (all senses)
North Frisian
Etymology
Compare Dutch gek (“fool, madman”)
Noun
geek m
- (Mooring) fool
Portuguese
Etymology
From English geek
Noun
geek m, f (plural geeks)
- geek (expert in a technical field, particularly to do with computers)
Spanish
Etymology
From English geek.
Noun
geek m or f (plural geeks)
- geek
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geer
English
Noun
geer (countable and uncountable, plural geers)
- Obsolete form of gear.
Anagrams
- Eger, Gere, eger, egre, gree
Dutch
Etymology
From Middle Dutch gêer, from Old Dutch *g?r, from Proto-West Germanic *gai?, from Proto-Germanic *gaizaz.
Pronunciation
Noun
geer m (plural geren, diminutive geertje n)
- spear
- (heraldry) gyron
Synonyms
- (spear): speer, spies, lans
Derived terms
- aalgeer
Middle Dutch
Etymology
From Old Dutch *g?r, from Proto-West Germanic *gai?, from Proto-Germanic *gaizaz.
Noun
gêer m
- spear
Inflection
This noun needs an inflection-table template.
Descendants
- Dutch: geer
Further reading
- “ghere (II)”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
- Verwijs, E.; Verdam, J. (1885–1929) , “geer (III)”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, ?ISBN, page III
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