"geeky" meaning in English

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Adjective

IPA: /ˈɡiːki/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-geeky.wav [Southern-England] Forms: geekier [comparative], geekiest [superlative]
Rhymes: -iːki Etymology: geek + -y Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|geek|y}} geek + -y Head templates: {{en-adj|er}} geeky (comparative geekier, superlative geekiest)
  1. Resembling or characteristic of a geek. Categories (topical): Personality Derived forms: geekily, geekiness Related terms: geek, geekly, geeksome, nerdish, nerdy Translations (like a geek): nörttimäinen (Finnish), nörtähtävä (Finnish), technoïde (French), dämlich (German), eblek (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-geeky-en-adj-wpe-eYzv Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -y

Inflected forms

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