Speakur

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geek someone's head up

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.53 in modern English

Syllables
geek -some-one's -head- up
IPA
31
Scrabble Score
18
Letters
5
Syllables
12
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To increase someone's sense of their importance or skill; to make confident.

Example Sentences

Etymology

Possibly related to geek (“make excited, make jumpy”, verb).

Inflected Forms

geeks someone's head up (present, singular) geeking someone's head up (participle, present) geeked someone's head up (participle, past) geeked someone's head up (past)

Questions

What does geek someone's head up mean?
To increase someone's sense of their importance or skill; to make confident.
Where does geek someone's head up come from?
Possibly related to geek (“make excited, make jumpy”, verb).

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