Nerd

  • 21nerd — [20] It seems likely that nerd, a term for a dull, socially inept or otherwise obnoxious person that appeared in US slang in the early 1950s, was inspired by a whimsical creature called a ‘nerd’ that was invented by the American children’s author …

    The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins

  • 22nerd — UK [nɜː(r)d] / US [nɜrd] noun [countable] Word forms nerd : singular nerd plural nerds informal 1) someone who is boring, not physically attractive, and does not have much social ability 2) someone who is very interested in technical or… …

    English dictionary

  • 23nerd — [20] It seems likely that nerd, a term for a dull, socially inept or otherwise obnoxious person that appeared in US slang in the early 1950s, was inspired by a whimsical creature called a ‘nerd’ that was invented by the American children’s author …

    Word origins

  • 24nerd — I n A studious, unsociable person. See if you can get the nerd to leave his computer long enough to go for coffee. 1950s II n Computer devotee. Forget the nerd; he s connected to that computer by an umbilical cord. 1980s …

    Historical dictionary of American slang

  • 25Nerd — (engl. für Schwachkopf) Ein Teenager, der seine Freizeit ausschließlich vor dem PC verbringt, PC Junkie ♦ Ej Mann, du wirst noch zum Nerd! Wird mir bloß nicht zum Nerd, hörst du! …

    Jugendsprache Lexikon

  • 26nerd — [[t]nɜ͟ː(r)d[/t]] nerds N COUNT (disapproval) If you say that someone is a nerd, you mean that they are stupid or ridiculous, especially because they wear unfashionable clothes or show too much interest in computers or science. [INFORMAL,… …

    English dictionary

  • 27nerd — {{#}}{{LM N46406}}{{〓}} {{SynN42478}} {{[}}nerd{{]}} {{■}}(ing.){{□}} {{《}}▍ adj.inv./s.com.{{》}} {{♂}}Referido a una persona,{{♀}} que está interesada de forma casi obsesiva en algún tipo de conocimiento, especialmente en el tecnológico, y que… …

    Diccionario de uso del español actual con sinónimos y antónimos

  • 28nerd — noun Etymology: perhaps from nerd, a creature in the children s book If I Ran the Zoo (1950) by Dr. Seuss (Theodor Geisel) Date: 1951 an unstylish, unattractive, or socially inept person; especially one slavishly devoted to intellectual or… …

    New Collegiate Dictionary

  • 29nerd — /nerrd/, n. Slang. 1. a stupid, irritating, ineffectual, or unattractive person. 2. an intelligent but single minded person obsessed with a nonsocial hobby or pursuit: a computer nerd. Also, nurd. [1960 65, Amer.; obscurely derived expressive… …

    Universalium

  • 30nerd — noun Nerd is used after these nouns: ↑computer …

    Collocations dictionary