"nerd out" meaning in English

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Verb

Audio: En-au-nerd out.ogg Forms: nerds out [present, singular, third-person], nerding out [participle, present], nerded out [participle, past], nerded out [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} nerd out (third-person singular simple present nerds out, present participle nerding out, simple past and past participle nerded out)
  1. (slang) To study intensely, swot Tags: slang
    Sense id: en-nerd_out-en-verb-9aVIfZO-
  2. (slang) To do nerdy things; to geek out. Tags: slang
    Sense id: en-nerd_out-en-verb-WRyM~dLp Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English phrasal verbs formed with "out", Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 41 59 Disambiguation of English phrasal verbs formed with "out": 20 80 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 26 74 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 18 82

Inflected forms

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