geek out

verb

geeked out; geeking out; geeks out

intransitive verb

informal
: to behave like a geek
especially : to become excited or enthusiastic about a favored subject or activity
Rail buffs get to geek out aboard a 1924 Pullman-Standard Victorian Coach or a 1952 Granite Eagle, the latter a three-level dining car with a glass observation dome on the upper deck and a sunken lounge on the lower level. The Wall Street Journal
… fans will really geek out over the reproduced notepad that features Henson's original outlines and story ideas. Not that I did or anything. Dalton Ross

Examples of geek out in a Sentence

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The hunting lodge reveal splits the team into those who geek out about haunted houses and those who do. Sara Netzley, EW.com, 29 Oct. 2024 Even Olympic champions geek out about meeting other athletes. Cindy Kuzma, SELF, 22 July 2024 Bring a Trailer is where obsessives buy, sell and geek out over classic cars. Ben Cohen, WSJ, 9 Mar. 2023 The team prides themselves on sourcing quality mead from all over the world, so go ahead and geek out with your bartender. Shawndra Russell, Charlotte Observer, 31 Jan. 2024 See all Example Sentences for geek out 

Word History

First Known Use

circa 1990, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of geek out was circa 1990

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“Geek out.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/geek%20out. Accessed 8 Nov. 2024.

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