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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: a carnival performer who does disgusting acts
2: a person with an unusual or odd personality [syn: eccentric, eccentric person, flake, oddball, geek]

Merriam Webster's

noun Etymology: probably from English dialect geek, geck fool, from Low German geck, from Middle Low German Date: 1914 1. a carnival performer often billed as a wild man whose act usually includes biting the head off a live chicken or snake 2. a person often of an intellectual bent who is disliked 3. an enthusiast or expert especially in a technological field or activity <computer geek> • geekdom noun • geekiness noun • geeky adjective

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. Austral. sl. a look. Etymology: E dial.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(geeks) If you call someone, usually a man or boy, a geek, you are saying in an unkind way that they are stupid, awkward, or weak. (INFORMAL) = nerd N-COUNT [disapproval]