what is the definition of 'geek'?

Question

plz i dont no what it is

Answer 1

many years a go a movie called the geek staring Tyrone power. worked in a travailing show he was called the geek as he worked as a freak in the show eating the heads of chickings

Answer 2

is an individual who is fascinated, perhaps obsessively, by obscure or very specific areas of knowledge and imagination, usually electronic or virtual in nature. Geek may not always have the same meaning as the term nerd. The Merriam-Webster definitions are "1: a carnival performer often billed as a wild man whose act usually includes biting the head off a live chicken or snake 2: a person often of an intellectual bent who is disliked 3: an enthusiast or expert especially in a technological field or activity," though these are only three of many definitions.

Answer 3

From Google. Type in - define: geek

Definitions of geek on the Web:

A term similar to nerd, but slightly less pejorative in tone.
teladesign.com/ma-thesis/glossary.html

To quote from The New Hacker’s Dictionary, a computer geek is “one who eats (computer) bugs for a living. One who fulfills all the dreariest negative stereotypes about hackers: an asocial, malodorous, pasty-faced monomaniac with all the personality of a cheese grater. Cannot be used by outsiders without implied insult to all hackers. A computer geek may be either a fundamentally clueless individual or a proto-hacker in larval stage. Also called ‘turbo nerd’ or ‘turbo geek. ...
www.uta.edu/infosys/e_comm/terms/term_g.htm

In computers and the Internet, a geekis a person who is inordinately dedicated to and involved with the technologyto the point of sometimes not appearing to be like the rest of us (non-geeks).Being a geek also implies a capability with the technology. Although historically,computer and Internet programming and hacking has been a male thing, thereare now many "girl geeks." The term "hacker" generally connotes competencemore strongly than "geek" does. ...
www.infoprovider.com/infobase/g.html

The sort of person who would get really excited at the prospect of using a text editor on a 900 megahertz workstation to write out the definitions of technical terms.
www.scotsmist.co.uk/glossary_g.html

An intellectual who is bent on a particular profession; especially within the computer feild. Social interests are deeply rooted in Sci-Fi.
www.cem.uvm.edu/util/html/definitions.php

Short for computer geek, an individual with a passion for computers, to the exclusion of other normal human interests. Depending on the context, it can be used in either a derogatory or affectionate manner. Basically, geek and nerd are synonymous.
www.angelfire.com/anime3/internet/programming.htm

Traditionally, someone whose fascination for technology overwhelms all other pursuits, with all the negative stereotypes this implies; in short, a NERD.
www.research-hosting.co.uk/data/hosting-terms/web-hosting-terms-g.asp

Traditionally a term of derision, geek has come to have a more positive connotation in this computer age. Technically adept people now frequently refer to themselves as geeks, in a mixture of self-deprecation and pride.
www.websightsolutions.com/faq_gloss.html

a carnival performer who does disgusting acts
eccentric: a person with an unusual or odd personality
wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn

A geek is a person who is fascinated, perhaps obsessively, by technology and imagination. Geek may not always have the same meaning as the term nerd (see nerd for a discussion of the disputed relation between the terms).
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geek

Answer 4

Generally Extremely clever Electronic Kings
lol sorry I don't know but everyone I have met have helped me out with my computers UP THE GEEKS that's what I say

Answer 5

A geek is an individual who is fascinated, perhaps obsessively, by obscure or very specific areas of knowledge and imagination, usually electronic or virtual in nature

Answer 6

Plays chess, gets straight As for exams, bookworm, loves computer stuff (computer geek), wears glasses etc etc

Okay maybe thats just my idea of a geek.

Answer 7

• noun informal, chiefly N. Amer.
1 an unfashionable or socially inept person.
2 an obsessive enthusiast.
ORIGIN from the related English dialect word geck ‘fool’.

Answer 8

Train spotting, collecting Bus numbers playing with computers all day, they usually know a lot of usless facts about boring things like the time it takes a migrating Swallow to fly from Africa to the UK or wherever they go, and they usually they where an Anorak, and Glasses

Answer 9

Someone who studies well and works hard on lessons.
So others feel jealous and call names. Geek is one.

Answer 10

A term similar to nerd, but slightly less pejorative in tone.