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Meanings of geek in English
Synonyms
Examples for "eccentric"
Examples for "eccentric"
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His 'eccentric' family travelled a great deal when he was a child.
2
People who met my parents said they reminded them of eccentric vaudevillians.'
3
Nonetheless, Chelsea's approach to a game of potential difficulties had been eccentric.
4
That's a much bigger challenge than making outrageous eccentric statements, Morrow said.
5
Memory, she knew-especiallywhen you were her age-wasnothing if not eccentric.
1
After 10 days, my feet were finally flake free and silky soft.
2
I immediately let go of the flake, and again heard that sound.
3
She smiled at the ticket-chopper and dropped the flake into the box.
4
He began pressing with the antler along the edge of the flake.
5
Any frescoes were good when they started to peel and flake off.
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To tell the truth, I know I'm a bit of an oddball.
2
Nevertheless, Beats' oddball array of noise blends well with our natural rhythms.
3
Never mind those 90 oddball journalists who vote for the Golden Globes.
4
That dialled-down, low-energy drama launched one of American cinema's great oddball careers.
5
But political activism always has that tinge of the oddball in it.
1
They say he is the most eccentric person in the world.
2
Apparently, this eccentric person was coming out, after all, to keep him company.
3
Pray, sir, how long has this eccentric person been a resident of Templeton?
4
But look, an eccentric person will no doubt appreciate the practicality of handbag biscuits.
5
I believe that, even after this melancholy warning, that eccentric person was frequently somebody else.
Usage of geek in English
1
The terrorism geek has come a long way since our previous meeting.
2
These are good for the zombie geek any day of the year.
3
I think we can all agree: The best dads are geek dads.
4
Today, a great geek, literary and comic book icon celebrates a birthday.
5
This week our history geek Robert Kelly has come over all festive.
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Finally, Deltron 3030's futuristic geek-hop masterpiece takes us to the far-flung future.
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I often wonder why wine isn't more popular with the geek crowd.
8
This must be the work of a computer geek from another world!'
9
But for an aviation geek, the choice is easy: in the cockpit.
10
For months and months the geek-cub hadbeen asking us to play Monopoly.
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He says he just happened to be the geek who could speak.
12
We could visit a tech-geek message board, maybe find a friendly hacker.
13
He's a geek; Veronica is a former model who married a multimillionaire.
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We asked you for your questions to put to our election geek.
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So I did my geek thing, and for me that means research.
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Several of the runners-up are perfect for the geek set as well.
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Geek across language varieties
United States of America
Common
United Kingdom
Rare