neek

English

Etymology

Blend of nerd +‎ geek.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /niːk/
• Rhymes: -iːk

Noun

neek (plural neeks)

1. (slang, derogatory) A nerd or geek.
   • 2004, Ákos Németh, Car Thieves, page 13:

     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.

   • 2014, Na'ima B. Robert, She Wore Red Trainers: A Muslim Love Story:

     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 July 19, Filipa Jodelka, “Child Genius: the search for Britain’s biggest brainbox”, in The Guardian‎, →ISSN:

     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.

Derived terms

• neeky

Anagrams

• Enke, Keen, keen, kene, knee, kène

Tlingit

Etymology

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Noun

neek

1. news, information
2. gossip, rumor

Further reading

• Twitchell, X̱ʼunei Lance (2020), Tlingit Online Dictionary, Juneau, Alaska: Independently published, supported by Goldbelt Heritage Foundation and the University of Alaska Southeast, →ISBN