English words for 'The quality of being a nerd.'
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- (intransitive, colloquial) To enthusiastically engage in geek-like or nerdy interests.
- (intransitive, African-American Vernacular, slang) To be nervous or hyperactive due to using crack cocaine.
- (by extension, intransitive, African-American Vernacular, slang) To be under the influence of a mood-altering drug.
- (intransitive) To perform bizarre and unpleasant feats as part of a carnival.
- (Cornwall) To look; to peep; to stare about intently.
- to be intoxicated
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- (Australia, colloquial) A look.
- (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.
- (colloquial, by extension) An expert in a technical field, particularly one having to do with computers.
- (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.
- (colloquial) An unfashionable or socially undesirable person.
- a person with an unusual or odd personality
- a carnival performer who does disgusting acts
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- An enthusiast, or person who has an obsession with, or extreme knowledge of, something.
- A hippie.
- (African-American Vernacular) A wild dance.
- A drug addict.
- (informal, sometimes endearing) A very sexually perverse individual.
- A man, particularly a bold, strong, vigorous man.
- (UK dialectal, Scotland) A fellow; a petulant young man.
- (dated outside certain expressions) Someone or something that is markedly unusual or unpredictable.
- (bodybuilding) A person whose physique has grown far beyond the normal limits of muscular development; often a bodybuilder weighing more than 260 pounds (120 kg).
- (slang, chiefly derogatory) A person who is extremely abnormal in appearance, social behavior, sexual orientation, gender identity, or business practices; an oddball, a unique person, originally in a displeasing or alienating way.
- Euphemistic form of fuck (“smallest amount of concern or consideration”).
- someone who is so ardently devoted to something that it resembles an addiction
- a person or animal that is markedly unusual or deformed
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- (slang, ambitransitive) To be placed or place someone under the influence of a psychedelic drug, (especially) to experience reality withdrawal, or hallucinations (nightmarish), to behave irrational or unconventional due to drug use.
- (intransitive, slang) To react extremely or irrationally, usually under distress or discomposure.
- lose one's nerve
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- An enthusiast, or person who has an obsession with, or extreme knowledge of, something.
- A hippie.
- (African-American Vernacular) A wild dance.
- A drug addict.
- (informal, sometimes endearing) A very sexually perverse individual.
- A man, particularly a bold, strong, vigorous man.
- (UK dialectal, Scotland) A fellow; a petulant young man.
- (dated outside certain expressions) Someone or something that is markedly unusual or unpredictable.
- (bodybuilding) A person whose physique has grown far beyond the normal limits of muscular development; often a bodybuilder weighing more than 260 pounds (120 kg).
- (slang, chiefly derogatory) A person who is extremely abnormal in appearance, social behavior, sexual orientation, gender identity, or business practices; an oddball, a unique person, originally in a displeasing or alienating way.
- Euphemistic form of fuck (“smallest amount of concern or consideration”).
- someone who is so ardently devoted to something that it resembles an addiction
- a person or animal that is markedly unusual or deformed
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verb
- (slang, ambitransitive) To be placed or place someone under the influence of a psychedelic drug, (especially) to experience reality withdrawal, or hallucinations (nightmarish), to behave irrational or unconventional due to drug use.
- (intransitive, slang) To react extremely or irrationally, usually under distress or discomposure.
- lose one's nerve
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- (intransitive, colloquial) To enthusiastically engage in geek-like or nerdy interests.
- (intransitive, African-American Vernacular, slang) To be nervous or hyperactive due to using crack cocaine.
- (by extension, intransitive, African-American Vernacular, slang) To be under the influence of a mood-altering drug.
- (intransitive) To perform bizarre and unpleasant feats as part of a carnival.
- (Cornwall) To look; to peep; to stare about intently.
- to be intoxicated
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- (Australia, colloquial) A look.
- (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.
- (colloquial, by extension) An expert in a technical field, particularly one having to do with computers.
- (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.
- (colloquial) An unfashionable or socially undesirable person.
- a person with an unusual or odd personality
- a carnival performer who does disgusting acts