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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

geek someone's head up en · VERB

Etymology

Possibly related to geek (“make excited, make jumpy”, verb).

Meanings

  1. (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

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
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