geek
noun
a digital-technology expert or enthusiast (a term of pride as self-reference, but often used disparagingly by others).
geeks
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pluralof geek.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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Computer geeks Tang Jie and Yang Zhilin were mere teacher and pupil more than a decade ago, with dreams of building a machine that could think like a human.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 21, 2026
This might not come as a surprise to the geeks who eat, breathe and sleep all things retirement.
From MarketWatch ● May 14, 2026
These geeks – a term I use lovingly, for the most part – protected the notion of canon as fiercely as their lunchbox collections.
From Salon ● May 5, 2026
One corner of Sundance was just for the geeks: the Holiday Village Cinemas, a humble quadraplex that hosted press and industry screenings from breakfast till dark.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 31, 2026
For geeks, both politics and journalism represent—in Jesse’s words—“an insane and useless” system that has little bearing on their lives.
From "Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho" by Jon Katz
