Geek definitions and example sentences on Wordnik

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noun A person regarded as foolish, inept, or clumsy.
noun A person who is single-minded or accomplished in scientific or technical pursuits but is felt to be socially inept.
noun A carnival performer whose show consists of bizarre acts, such as biting the head off a live chicken.

Because I could live with my self-image as a geek, a loser, a boy-man, but I could never live with myself as a snitch A few days later I signed up for computer classes at the community college. — EQMM,September-October2007
The first thing we did (after replacing the hard drive - the good thing about living with a geek is the constant supply of random computer parts that he seems to pull out of the wardrobe) was install the latest version of Wordpress. — A Byootaful Life
That means that the only thing left making you a geek is your level of comfort with your weird obsession. — MyLinkVault Newest Links
I'm a huge theatre geek, and volenteer at a theripudic riding center twice a week. — AfterEllen.com - Because visibility matters
You just have to be a woman who identifies as a geek. — LinuxChix aggregator