Definitions
Wiktionary
- n. A mechanical device used to increase the torque of gears.
- n. informal An enthusiast for new technology, or for motoring.
Etymologies
- gear + -head (Wiktionary)
Examples
“Many people passively appreciate cars, but the term "gearhead" means something more.”
“The actual conversion is fairly simple, but you have to be the kind of gearhead who is willing to do surgery on your vehicle.”
“I would never go so far as to call myself a "gearhead".”
“This is the second case explained in the pdf. gearhead Says:”
“There should be 250 families with each of the following compositions, the same cases gearhead describes in #78:”
“But for a specific man, the first case of the link applies. and I contend that the original phrasing of the question, “you are male …” is specific to an individual and not to a man randomly selected. gearhead Says:”
“The probabily that a man chosen at random will belong to a two male child family is 250/750, therefore since sum of all probabilities equals one, the probabily that a man chosen at random will have a sister is 1 - (250/750) or 2/3. gearhead Says:”
“One of the ways my dad and I interact when I go home is by watching gearhead marathons.”
What TV show do you only watch when you're with your parents? | EW.com
“They look like mutated Toyota MR2s a good or bad thing, depending on your taste and appeal mostly to gearhead, track-day enthusiasts.”
The Wall Street Journal: This Man Wants to Sell You a Lifestyle (Car Included)
“Buy it for the gearhead in your life and be surprised at how much you enjoy watching it with them.”
Lists
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Adorkeble's List of Words
This list is mainly going to just be filled with words, names, phrases, anything! that I come across day to day and find amusing or insert another word here.
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Industrial
electrodeposition, photovoltaic, superconductivity, photoelectrochemical, gearhead, pig iron, cogeneration, capacitor, blast furnace slag, coaxial, daisy chaining, commutator and 93 more...
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Double diphthongs, etc.
Words with repeated diphthongs or other pairs of vowels, with no other vowels.
aeae, aiai, aoao, auau, ayay, eaea, eiei, eoeo, eueu, eyey, iaia, ieie, ioio, iuiu, oaoa, oeoe, oioi, ouo...chaetae, airmail, gainsaid, hairbrain, hairtail, jailbait, maimai, mainsail, maintain, zaikai, chainmail, braindrain and 201 more...
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