"gearhead" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: gearheads [plural]
Etymology: From gear + head. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|gear|head}} gear + head Head templates: {{en-noun}} gearhead (plural gearheads)
  1. A mechanical device used to increase the torque of gears.
    Sense id: en-gearhead-en-noun--jzvVz~M Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -head, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Estonian translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Japanese translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 52 48 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -head: 64 36 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 68 32 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 68 32 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 76 24 Disambiguation of Terms with Estonian translations: 66 34 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 76 24 Disambiguation of Terms with Japanese translations: 76 24
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Noun

Forms: gearheads [plural]
Etymology: From gear + -head. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|gear|head}} gear + -head Head templates: {{en-noun}} gearhead (plural gearheads)
  1. (informal) An enthusiast for new technology, or for motoring. Tags: informal Categories (topical): People Synonyms (car enthusiast): petrolhead Related terms: motorhead Translations (Translations): tehnikahuviline (Estonian), autohuviline (english: cars) (Estonian), Technikfreak [masculine] (German), Autonarr (english: cars) [masculine] (German), 車オタク (kuruma otaku) (alt: くるまオタク) (Japanese), 自動車マニア (jidōsha mania) (alt: じどうしゃマニア) (Japanese)
    Sense id: en-gearhead-en-noun-9vTaPIel Disambiguation of People: 25 75 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 52 48
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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