different between geek vs yeek

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)

1. (dated) A carnival performer specializing in bizarre and unappetizing behavior.

2. (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.

3. (colloquial, by extension) An expert in a technical field, particularly one having to do with computers.
4. (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.
5. (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)

1. (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)

1. (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.

Synonyms

• (look): butcher’s, gander, dekko

Translations

Verb

geek (third-person singular simple present geeks, present participle geeking, simple past and past participle geeked)

1. (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

1. 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)

1. 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)

1. geek (all senses)

North Frisian

Etymology

Compare Dutch gek (“fool, madman”)

Noun

geek m

1. (Mooring) fool

Portuguese

Etymology

From English geek

Noun

geek m, f (plural geeks)

1. geek (expert in a technical field, particularly to do with computers)

Spanish

Etymology

From English geek.

Noun

geek m or f (plural geeks)

1. geek

English

Etymology

Imitative.

Interjection

yeek

1. eek; the sound of a mouse.
2. eek; an exclamation of terror.

Anagrams

• yeke