nerd definitions WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005) n 1: an insignificant ... ridiculed as being affected or boringly studious [syn: swot, grind, nerd, wonk, dweeb] 2: an intelligent but single-minded expert in ... field or profession Merriam Webster's noun Etymology: perhaps from nerd, a creature in the children's book If I Ran ... Cobuild Dictionary (nerds) If you say that someone is a nerd, you mean that they are stupid or ridiculous, especially because ... INFORMAL, OFFENSIVE) Mark claimed he was made to look a nerd. ...the notion that users of the Internet are all sad ...
nerdy definitions Merriam Webster's adjective see nerd Collin's Cobuild Dictionary (nerdier, nerdiest) If you describe someone as nerdy, you think that they are a nerd or look like a nerd. (INFORMAL) ...nerdy types who never exercise. ...the Prince's nerdy ...
... ridiculed as being affected or boringly studious [syn: swot, grind, nerd, wonk, dweeb] Merriam Webster's noun Etymology: origin unknown Date ... you think they are stupid and weak. (AM INFORMAL) = drip, nerd N-COUNT [disapproval]
... s noun Etymology: perhaps alteration of dick Date: 1967 slang nerd; also jerk 4a Collin's Cobuild Dictionary (dorks) If you ... their unshakeable conviction that family holidays were strictly for dorks. = nerd N-COUNT [disapproval]
... ridiculed as being affected or boringly studious [syn: swot, grind, nerd, wonk, dweeb] Merriam Webster's noun Etymology: origin unknown Date ... with arcane details or procedures in a specialized field; broadly nerd < a policy wonk > < a computer wonk >
... features; "the media's characterization of Al Gore as a nerd" [syn: characterization, characterisation] Merriam Webster's British variant of characterization