geek someone's head up en · VERB
Etymology
Possibly related to geek (“make excited, make jumpy”, verb).
Meanings
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(qualifier:African-American) To increase someone's sense of their importance or skill; to make confident.
y`all are ridiculous, a bunch of hataz, ain`t nobody ihating on that brawd SHAY so don`t geek her head up talkin` about she got groupies LOL^([sic])
2009 April 19, @missesoxclusive [username], Twitter, archived from the original on 13 Sep 2022:"This is what we been waiting for you is the man Spider". Which I always knew I just love hearing everybody else say it because it geek's my head up^([sic]) […]
2010, Ridiko, Hood Trials, →ISBN, page 271:“He makes me feel special by geeking my head up and gives me more confidence in myself, […]”
2019 February, Aigne Berry, Mikaya Williams, “What does it take to be a perfect valentine?”, in Empehi News, archived from the original on 26 Sep 2021, page 06:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| geeking someone's head up | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| geeked someone's head up | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| geeked someone's head up | Tense=Past | lexicographic | |
| geeks someone's head up | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic |