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nerd
[ nurd ]
noun
- a single-minded person obsessed with a hobby or pursuit or with a particular topic:
My 13-year-old son is a computer nerd.
I joined a book club and discovered another Jane Austen nerd.
- a person considered to be socially awkward, boring, unstylish, etc.
verb (used without object)
- to spend inordinate amounts of time, attention, energy, enthusiasm, etc., on an activity or topic of special interest to oneself; geek:
I enjoy samurai movies, nerding about samurai movies, and the occasional slice of cake.
Don't cross the street while you're nerding on your phone—you're likely to get hit!
verb phrase
- to engage with excessive enthusiasm in a hobby or in discussion about a topic of special interest to oneself:
Back in the day, I nerded out hardcore over baseball cards.
We sat there for half an hour while she nerded out on the metaphysical poets.
- to alter or be altered in a way that shows excessive enthusiasm for a special interest:
He appears in that film nerded up as a philosophy genius.
I'm going to nerd up my office with these five Charlie Chaplin posters.
Wow, this simple conversation about cheese sure nerded up fast!
nerd
/ nɜːd /
noun
- a boring or unpopular person, esp one obsessed with something specified
a computer nerd
- a stupid and feeble person
Derived Forms
- ˈnerdy, adjective
- ˈnerdish, adjective
Word History and Origins
Origin of nerd1
Idioms and Phrases
- nerd it up, to indulge oneself without restraint in a hobby, game, etc., in which one has an obsessive interest:
Looking forward to nerding it up with everybody on Comic Trading Day at the store!
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Example Sentences
I thought only Hollywood actors or meteorology nerds were allowed to chase tornadoes.
This one’s a real language nerd book, and it’s going to be incredibly fun to talk about.
As digital marketing nerds, we love data and analyzing trends.
There was an old nerd from the ’Tute Who outgrew his snazzy red suit.
This time, apparently with some time on his hands, he set about building a pretty great new website for local politics nerds.
Nerd Cruise By Adam Rogers, Wired What 800 Nerds on a Cruise Ship Taught Me About Life, the Universe, and Snorkeling.
In one of the most distressing events of the year, nerd entitlement hit 100.
Being mad about growing up an embittered, socially isolated nerd.
And this big box that encloses him is only an exaggeration of his regular nerd-dandy clothes.
For some nerd-industry journalists, this is more than they can bear.
She was gaunt and tall and geeky and talked like an engineer, with the nerd accent.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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