geek

IPA(Pronunciation)

/ɡiːk/

Noun

dated colloquial broadly uncountable

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

Japanese Meaning

（古い用法）奇妙で不快な行動を特徴とする、カーニバルの大道芸人

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The traveling fair advertised a notorious geek who performed revolting stunts that horrified onlookers.

Google Translation / DeepL Translation

その巡業見世物小屋は、観客をぞっとさせる不快な芸を披露することで知られた悪名高い見世物師を宣伝していた。

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Sense（1）

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

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

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Sense（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.

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Sense（3）

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

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

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Sense（4）

(uncountable, colloquial) 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.

It is totally counter-intuitive. How do these ubernerds get the cute girls? Is it the ultimate triumph of the Bill Gates era, in which geek is the new cool?

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