to geek out
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8.2
- phrasal verb
- /ɡik aʊt/
- Informal
- The Internet has made our communities a much smaller space, allowing us to geek out with our fellow online compadres (offline) easier than ever.
- messing around and geeking out
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Watch on YouTubeThey love checklists, they love process, they love systems, they love details, and they geek out on numbers.
- They love checklists, they love process, they love systems, they love details, and they geek out on numbers.
- But we allow ourselves to just kind of geek out about things and, and we don't exactly know where it's going to go.
- And seeing optical cables get one step closer to mainstream, allowing us to do crazy stuff like this, I just, I geek out over this stuff.
- So, you know, it's there are just, this is where you can really geek out with this stuff.
- They're like, these guys are freaking geeking out on shit.
- Don't, don't start acting stupid or, or I don't know, geek out on them too much because if you're in this field, you're going to see them again probably.
Examples
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We geek out on molecular gastronomy and our personal tastes in espresso.
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There are a number of marketing professionals attending who can geek out with you about social media marketing and the latest trends.
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My method of working on something difficult is to geek out on it for the amount of time it takes to finish.
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Describe what you like to geek out on.
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Really, I could talk about architecture every month since I geek out over so many styles.
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And seeing optical cables get one step closer to mainstream, allowing us to do crazy stuff like this, I just, I geek out over this stuff.
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Two of our favorite topics to geek out over here at ReadWriteWeb are the real-time web and the Internet of Things.
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Whenever I attend tech conferences, I can't help but geek out over the latest innovations and gadgets.
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He started to geek out about his favorite sci-fi movies, sharing details that only true fans would appreciate.
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At the comic convention, she really geeked out when she met her favorite artist and got an exclusive print.
Synonyms
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4.6
Speak about something in a very excited, positive way
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9.6
To get very excited and act loudly
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Surface Forms
Morphology
geek + out
The meaning 'to show great excitement about a specialized subject' is partially derivable from 'geek' (an intensely passionate fan) plus the particle 'out' (suggesting outward/excessive expression), so a learner who knows the constituents could plausibly infer a related sense. However, the shift from noun to verbal sense and the colloquial particle construction are not fully predictable for a B1 learner without exposure, making the relation only partially transparent.
Etymology
Geek out comes from geek, a person who is very excited about a particular hobby or topic, plus out, which makes the action stronger. Picture a fan at a comic show who gets so excited they talk and laugh non-stop — that is 'geeking out', so the phrase means 'showing great excitement about a particular topic'.