Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

neek

/niːk/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.43 in modern English

Syllables: neek
IPA: /niːk/

8

Scrabble Score

4

Letters

1

Syllables

3

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A nerd or geek.

Derogatory; Slang

Example Sentences

"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."
"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.'"
"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."

Etymology

Blend of nerd + geek.

Usage

Inflected Forms

neeks (plural)

Derived Forms

neeky

Rhymes With

week speak unique weak seek peak greek technique creek leak freak streak

Questions

How do you pronounce neek?: The recorded pronunciation is /niːk/.
What does neek mean?: A nerd or geek.
Where does neek come from?: Blend of nerd + geek.

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