geek

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

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

   Straßenkünstler

   a carnival performer who does disgusting acts

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.

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

   Most famous actors are really theater geeks at heart.

   Spezialist, Freak

   чуда́кčudák, одержи́мыйoderžímyj, чо́кнутыйčóknutyj

3. (broadly, colloquial)An expert in a technical field, particularly one having to do with computers.

   My laptop’s locked up again. I need a geek.

   Geek, Freak, Spezialist

   гикgik, компью́терщикkompʹjútɛrščik, компью́терщицаkompʹjútɛrščica

4. (colloquial, uncountable)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.

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

   чуда́кčudák, чу́дикčúdik

6. (Australia, colloquial)A look.

   Have a geek at this.

1. Tom is a geek.

   Том — гік.

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2. I'm not a geek.

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3. Tom is a computer geek.

   deTom ist ein Computerfreak.

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4. It's right up your geek alley.

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5. I'm a geek, not a nerd!

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