Dictionary

neek en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /niːk/

Etymology

Blend of nerd + geek.

Meanings

1. (derogatory, slang) A nerd or geek.
   • Curtis stars in Child Genius (Sunday, 9pm, Channel 4), a tense shuffle to find Britain’s cleverest child in which 20 sweet young neeks are slowly thinned out by a Mensa adjudicator with the kind of questions liable to stump you after half a Chardonnay. 2014 July 19, Filipa Jodelka, “Child Genius: the search for Britain’s biggest brainbox”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:
   • LACIKA: How can you be such a neek? ARON: Stop pushing me. LACIKA: Connect this with that wire. Wake up. ARON: Can't do it. LACIKA: Cause you're a neek. 2004, Ákos Németh, Car Thieves, page 13:
   • When I turned down the shisha pipe Mahmoud had said, 'hey, don't be such a neek, man. You can still have fun without being a total ho, like me.' 2014, Na'ima B. Robert, She Wore Red Trainers: A Muslim Love Story:

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Deriveds

neeky