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Meaning of "geekery" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF GEEKERY

geekery  [ˈɡiːkərɪ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF GEEKERY

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Geekery is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES GEEKERY MEAN IN ENGLISH?

geekery

Geek

The word geek is a slang term originally used to describe eccentric or non-mainstream people; in current use, the word typically connotes an expert or enthusiast or a person obsessed with a hobby or intellectual pursuit, with a general pejorative meaning of a "peculiar or otherwise dislikable person, esp one who is perceived to be overly intellectual". Although often considered as a pejorative, the term is also used self-referentially without malice or as a source of pride. Its meaning has evolved to connote "someone who is interested in a subject for its own sake".

Definition of geekery in the English dictionary

The definition of geekery in the dictionary is preoccupation with, or great knowledge about, a subject, esp a very specialized one.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH GEEKERY


apothecary
əˈpɒθɪkərɪ
bakery
ˈbeɪkərɪ
chicory
ˈtʃɪkərɪ
cookery
ˈkʊkərɪ
crockery
ˈkrɒkərɪ
fakery
ˈfeɪkərɪ
flickery
ˈflɪkərɪ
gadzookery
ɡædˈzuːkərɪ
hackery
ˈhækərɪ
hickory
ˈhɪkərɪ
jookery
ˈdʒuːkərɪ
mockery
ˈmɒkərɪ
peccary
ˈpɛkərɪ
spookery
ˈspuːkərɪ
squeakery
ˈskwiːkərɪ
Terpsichore
tɜːpˈsɪkərɪ
Thackeray
ˈθækərɪ
trickery
ˈtrɪkərɪ
vicary
ˈvɪkərɪ
Zachary
ˈzækərɪ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE GEEKERY

gee-gee
gee-whiz
geebag
geebung
geechee
geed up
geek
geek chic
geekdom
geeked
geekiness
geekism
geekspeak
geeky
geelbek
Geelong
geep
geepound
geese
geest

WORDS THAT END LIKE GEEKERY

brokery
cankery
comstockery
control freakery
crookery
dukery
gimcrackery
jiggery-pokery
knackery
knick-knackery
monkery
mountebankery
peacockery
pickery
puckery
quackery
rockery
self-mockery
spikery
whiskery

Synonyms and antonyms of geekery in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «geekery» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF GEEKERY

Find out the translation of geekery to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of geekery from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «geekery» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

geekery
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

geekery
570 millions of speakers

English

geekery
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

geekery
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

geekery
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

geekery
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

geekery
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

গিকারি
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

geekeries
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Geekery
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

geekery
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

geekery
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

geekery
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Geekery
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

geekery
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

geekery
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

गीकेरी
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

geekery
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

geekery
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

geekery
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

geekery
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

geekery
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

geekery
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

geekery
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

geekery
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

geekery
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of geekery

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «GEEKERY»

The term «geekery» is quite widely used and occupies the 38.811 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «GEEKERY» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about geekery

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «GEEKERY»

Discover the use of geekery in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to geekery and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
iPhone Geekery: 50 Insanely Cool Hacks and Mods for Your ...
Discover More Great Things to Do with Your iPhone 4S or iPhone 4!
Guy Hart-Davis, 2012
2
Kindle Fire Geekery: 50 Insanely Cool Projects for Your ...
Kindle Fire Geekery: 50 Insanely Cool Projects for Your Amazon Tablet teaches these power-user tricks and many more. You’ll see how to load non-Amazon media files, find free stuff, and stream your library from the cloud. Get your geek on!
Guy Hart-Davis, 2012
3
Inhuman Resources: Steven Savage’s Best of Fan To Pro, Volume 2
There's something about us geek types, progeeks and yet-to-be, that needs a certain level of geekery. We crave information, stimulation, fun, cool stuff, and connection with our fellow fans. Yet, the traits we rely on - our skills, our focus, or love ...
Steven Savage
4
Soldier / Geek: An Army Science Advisor's Journal of the War ...
Soldier. Geekery. 4 April 2009 Some of this material I've introduced already to set the stage for the journal, but after posting my letters home for a couple of weeks I realized that I had never exactly explained to anyone beyond my wife what I ...
Glenn Dean, 2012
5
Semantic Technologies in Content Management Systems: Trends, ...
Geekery. The second challenge is not only to facilitate the connections with these islands of well-established, structured, standardized and trusted information sources but to be able to leverage the rest of the unstructured information which lies ...
Wolfgang Maass, Tobias Kowatsch, 2012
6
Oracle APEX Best Practices
This book is filled with best practices on how to make the most of Oracle APEX. Developers beginning with application development as well as those who are experienced will benefit from this book.
Alex Nuijten, 2012
7
Best iPad Apps: The Guide for Discriminating Downloaders
... compli- cated. But have faith: it's really straightforward once you get the hang ofit. 31 Best App for iPad as External Display SIMPLE SETUP: Advanced Geekery Advanced Geekery Advanced Geekery Best App for Remote Desktop Access.
Peter Meyers, 2010
8
Crush: 26 Real-Life Tales of First Love
There was the music, but more importantly, the lesson I absorbed subconsciously , which was that music geekery was more socially acceptable to most girls than comic book and Dungeons and Dragons geekery. (So, in the years following, ...
Andrea N. Richesin, 2011
9
Writers' e-Handbook:
It's thehardest kind of geekery imaginable, but geekery breeds geekery. The market for Star Wars tie-in books was largely clearedbythe success oftheRPG made by WestEnd, and the success ofZahn's books brought morepeople toWestEndto ...
Jotham Burrello, 2014
10
iMovie HD 6 and iDVD 6 for Mac OS X: Visual QuickStart Guide
QuickTime. Geekery. Trust me: everything described so far in this chapter is really just the tip of a very large iceberg. If you're willing to shell out the bucks, software such as AutoDesk's Cleaner can encode and compress your movies into ...
Jeff Carlson, 2006

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «GEEKERY»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term geekery is used in the context of the following news items.
1
SDCC '15: John Carter Comes To Tabletop Gaming - Bleeding Cool …
Christopher Helton is a blogger, podcaster and tabletop RPG publisher who talks about games and other forms of geekery at the long-running ... «Bleeding Cool News, Jul 15»
2
The Day - Dr. I needs some stats relief - News from southeastern …
Dr. Idle, Dr. I to his close friends, can't take the stat geekery of baseball one second longer. Example: Tom Verducci, during Mets-Dodgers on ... «theday.com, Jul 15»
3
Geekery hit the spotlight at the Her Universe Fashion Show - Hypable
Geek couture dazzled at San Diego Comic-Con, where the Her Universe Fashion Show presented stunning designs inspired by the entire ... «Hypable, Jul 15»
4
It's time to geek out over a new global bathymetric data set
In an ultimate show of carthographic geekery *SWOON*, they even figured out it would take 300 years to map the deep ocean and another 600 ... «Deep-Sea News, Jul 15»
5
Writers Block: Bresnick dives into fantasy with third novel
Pi-Con bills itself as “a celebration of geekery,” covering science fiction, fantasy, gaming and comics. J. North Conway is an Assonet resident, ... «Fall River Herald News, Jul 15»
6
Author Ernie Cline Was Told Video Games Would Rot His Brain, But …
EC: It's a small house in a regular residential neighborhood, but the garage is where most of the geekery is. I'll go, "Oh, that would go good in ... «Mother Jones, Jul 15»
7
'Supergirl' Pilot Review Roundup: Girl Power Mostly Saves The Day
It's that time of the year again: that time when the world descends upon San Diego to celebrate Comic-Con, a celebration of geekery and pop ... «Tech Times, Jul 15»
8
The Bad Message Sent by Hollywood's Tired "Nerd Makeover …
Carly Lane is a writer based in New York City who specializes in obscure pop culture references and miscellaneous geekery. Her work has ... «The Mary Sue, Jul 15»
9
Grammar Geekery With Bill Walsh (August)
Grammar Geekery With Bill Walsh (August). ASK NOW. SUBMIT YOUR QUESTION. Submit. Editor's Note: Washington Post moderators retain editorial control ... «Washington Post, Jul 15»
10
It's Comic-Con Time! Here's How to Follow Us the Whole Weekend.
We'll be here, bringing you news, reviews and videos of all the sights and sounds from this nuclear explosion of pop culture geekery. Here's ... «io9, Jul 15»

REFERENCE
« EDUCALINGO. Geekery [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/geekery>. Apr 2024 ».
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