geek
noun/ɡiːk/
Frequency rank: #6,731 of 20,003 in the WORDED list (wordfreq data)
Meaning
a person who is extremely enthusiastic and knowledgeable about a specific technical or niche subject.
Example sentence
My brother is a total geek who spends every weekend building custom computers.
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