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geek | butcher |

As a noun geek

is (dated) a carnival performer specializing in bizarre and unappetizing behavior or geek can be (australia|colloquial) a look.

As a verb geek

is (colloquial) to get high on cocaine.

As a proper noun butcher is

for a butcher.

geek

English

(wikipedia geek)

Etymology 1

From the British dialectal term .

Noun

(en noun)
  • (dated) A carnival performer specializing in bizarre and unappetizing behavior.
    • I once saw a geek bite the head off a live chicken.
  • (colloquial) A person who is intensely interested in a particular field or hobby and usually asocial. Often used with an attributive noun.
    • I was a complete computer geek in high school, but I get out a lot more now.
    Most famous actors are really theater geeks at heart.
  • (colloquial, by extension) An expert in a technical field, particularly one having to do with computers.
    • My laptop’s locked up again. I need a geek .
    Do you need a hardware geek''' or a software '''geek ?
  • (colloquial) The subculture of geeks; an esoteric subject of interest that is marginal to the social mainstream; the philosophy, events, and physical artifacts of geeks.
  • * 2007' '''Kelly Boler, ''inmag.com'':''' ''"Basically," says [Harry J.] Knowles [founder, 'Ain't It Cool News' website], "it's my job to stay on top of the latest and coolest in '''geek that's out there, specifically as it relates to the world of film."
  • (colloquial) An unfashionable or socially undesirable person.
    • Why do you hang around with them? They’re just geeks .
    Derived terms
    * geek chic * geek code * geekdom * geekery * geekly * geek out * geeky
    See also
    * dork * freak * guru * hacker * loser * nerd

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • (colloquial) To get high on cocaine.

    • Etymology 2

    Probably related to keek; compare (etyl) .

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (Australia, colloquial) A look.
  • * 2005 , , The Essential Bird , unnumbered page,
    • Then he says let?s have a geek at some of the elephant pictures instead.
    Have a geek at this.
    Synonyms
    * (sense) , gander

    butcher

    English

    (wikipedia butcher)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A person who prepares and sells meat (and sometimes also slaughters the animals).
  • * 1900', , Chapter I,
    • He looked in vain into the stalls for the butcher who had sold fresh meat twice a week, on market days...
  • (by extension) A brutal or indiscriminate killer.
  • * Shakespeare
    • Butcher of an innocent child.
  • (Cockney rhyming slang, from butcher's hook) A look.
  • (informal, obsolete) A person who sells candy, drinks, etc. in theatres, trains, circuses, etc.

    • Derived terms

    * * butcher's hook * pork butcher

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To slaughter (animals) and prepare (meat) for market.
  • To kill brutally.
  • To ruin (something), often to the point of defamation.
    • The band at that bar really butchered "Hotel California".

    Synonyms

    * kill, slaughter * (kill brutally) massacre, slay * murder