Associations to the word «Nerd»

Wiktionary

NERD, noun. (slang) (sometimes derogatory) A person who is intellectual but generally introverted
NERD, noun. (informal) (sometimes derogatory) One who has an intense, obsessive interest in something.
NERD, noun. (slang) (always derogatory) An unattractive, socially awkward, annoying, undesirable, and/or boring, person; a dork.
NERD, noun. (post 1980s) A member of a subculture revolving around a mixture of video games, fantasy fiction, science fiction, comic books and assorted media.
NERD GLASSES, noun. Plastic eyeglasses with thick, horn-rimmed (typically black) frames, characteristically worn by members of the nerd and hipster subcultures.
NERD OUT, verb. (slang) To study intensely, swot
NERD POLE, noun. (video games) Any tall, thin structure, usually only a few blocks wide, built in a voxel-based video game, especially one constructed by jumping and placing blocks beneath one's avatar
NERD POLE, verb. (video games) to build a nerd pole, especially for the purpose of getting to higher ground
NERD POLED, verb. Simple past tense and past participle of nerd pole
NERD POLES, noun. Plural of nerd pole
NERD POLING, verb. Present participle of nerd pole

Dictionary definition

NERD, noun. An insignificant student who is ridiculed as being affected or boringly studious.
NERD, noun. An intelligent but single-minded expert in a particular technical field or profession.

Wise words

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