techie
or tek·kie,or tech·y
[tek-ee]
noun Informal.
a student, enthusiast, or specialist in a particular technical field or subject, especially electronics.
a person with skills or knowledge related to technology, especially computing; information technologist.
a technician, as for a stage crew.
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Origin of techie
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Examples from the Web for techie
Contemporary Examples of techie
Brinsley was trying to produce tracks—hip-hop, mostly—and he apparently had a knack as a techie.
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Hayes had become enough of a techie that he had installed a wireless surveillance camera system on his yacht.
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techie
techy
informal
noun plural techies
adjective
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