Word Finder - geeks

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A carnival performer specializing in bizarre and unappetizing behavior.

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I once saw a geek bite the head off a live chicken.

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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.

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I was a complete computer geek in high school, but I get out a lot more now.

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

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Do you need a hardware geek or a software geek?

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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.

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An unfashionable or socially undesirable person.

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Why do you hang around with them? They’re just geeks.

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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.

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Hey, check out that guy...he's really geeking out pretty bad.

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A look.

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Have a geek at this.

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To look; to peep; to stare about intently.

Please spread the word on your blogs, invite friends, family, or fellow geeks.

I really felt like I was with the true computer geeks.

The full article by Paul Mason is in the extended entry for the techno geeks out there.

Most people who write and blog about this sort of thing are pretty tech savy / alpha geeks.

Each group has a theme, such as the Addams Family, college students, or sci-fi geeks.

Lord knows I have seen many computer geeks who just didn't have a clue about how to run a business.

In fact, it obeys every rule of the slasher movie that Scream ' s horror geeks abuse, pervert and worship.

And most download geeks would rather see serenity well than grainy with half the image cut off.

The Japanese, much as I think they are dismal, depressed little geeks, are not thoughtless, rapacious idiots.

The series of six games was replete with drama, Soviet paranoia and sinister computer geeks.

In this case geeks are good people, but their enthusiasm must be controlled or they'll be quick to spend your money.

NewEgg and Geeks are the best sites to shop if you want to create your own special computer system.

LaBeouf then landed small television roles on ER, The X-Files, Freaks and Geeks, Touched by an Angel, Jesse and Caroline in the City.

Seth Rogen earned his first role as Ken Miller in the low-rated, cult classic television series Freaks and Geeks (1999) during an open casting call.

His improvisational talent first grabbed Apatow's attention on the set of Freaks and Geeks.

The appeal of personalized shirts is great, for everyone from housewives and professionals to Geeks mixing love of dogs with love of high tech.

Okay, only Dance Dance Revolution veterans (and geeks) will get that joke.

The Xbox series also offers remarkably PC-like functionality, making gamers and computer geeks feel quite at home.

Targeting the same market as the Apple iPhone, the Verizon Voyager cell phone looks like it's going to be an attractive mobile phone that will get fashionistas and tech geeks alike to swoon over its svelte appearance and alluring features.

Accessory Geeks has plastic cases in blue, red, pink, silver, smoke, and more.

Similarly, the PPC Geeks forum is a good place to find a wide assortment of themes for the Mogul and other similar Windows Mobile smartphones.

These small appliances are ideal for gadet geeks who love a clean home.

A sports apparel and shoe brand that formed with a partnership between two running geeks at the University of Oregon, Phil Knight and Bill Bowerman.

This form of piracy, once the haven for young, computer geeks eager to make a name for themselves in the hacker community, has been invaded by criminal elements specifically attacking business operations.

These attacks have moved from closet geeks marking coup in the hacker community, to organized crime stealing from businesses, according to the FBI.

Geeks become super models, weaklings become star athletes, and shy violets play the lead in their school play, to name only a few of the morphs that take place on this show.

The geeks had the cool colors, graphics and buttons, while the "phobics" stuck to the pain gray a white layout.