Meaning

1 senses
  1. (US, dated, derogatory, general, slang)A boring, studious, or socially inept person.

More definitions
  • an insignificant student who is ridiculed as being affected or boringly studious

Examples

2 sentences
  1. I look like a complete dweeb.

  2. What a dweeb!

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Origin

From 1968 US college slang, probably related to feeb.

From 1968 US college slang, probably related to feeb.

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Forms

plural: dweebs
Singulardweeb
Pluraldweebs

regular

Synonyms

11 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • an insignificant student who is ridiculed as being affected or boringly studious:swotgrindnerdwonk

Word family

8 related words

See also

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