Definition of nerd in English:

nerd

(also nurd)

noun nəːdnərd

informal

1A foolish or contemptible person who lacks social skills or is boringly studious.
〈非正式，主美〉缺乏社交能力者；书呆子
I was a serious nerd until I discovered girls and cars
在我注意到女孩子和汽车之前，我是个不折不扣的电脑痴。
Example sentencesExamples
- By now you may have guessed that blackjack is a nerd's game, requiring a minimum of social skills.
- By motivating teachers and students about physics, he also hopes to remove the stigma that physics is boring and only for nerds.
- They were a group made up mostly of men who were all nerds and geeks and dorks in high school who went on to become brilliant and funny and irresistible in college.
- Geeks and nerds produced the art and science that define the modern age.
- Women do not consider careers in IT because they think they are careers for geeks, nerds, workaholics or all of the above.
- I'm not a geek, or a nerd, and the vast majority of the attention I get is from women who think I'm good looking.
- The play is about a timid nerd who discovers a strange plant that can make any Joe Soap really famous.
- Devoid of social skills and eternally depressing, Pekar's voice speaks for nerds, social inadequates and all else on the margins of society.
- Actually he's probably both; a geeky nerd or a nerdy geek.
- At the time it was still widely referred to as the ‘information superhighway’ and those who knew how to navigate it were dismissed as nerds and geeks.
- This, ladies and gentlemen, is the difference between a geek and a nerd.
- The surprising thing is that he is not a boring nerd; he's got a wonderful sense of humor and he loves to dance.
- How many nerds and dorks do you see standing in front of the ‘I love you section’ at the card store?
- Recently we noticed some net nerds have been forming social clubs under the banner ‘Free Culture’.
- Most of the editors will readily admit to being any of the following: dorks, nerds, or geeks.
- The first 30 minutes were geek heaven; nerds in white shirts doing a Mamet version of technobabble.
- People who work in the Internet industry on the other hand are viewed as nerds, geeks, dweebs and propeller heads.
- They had things in common with us nerds, and by graduating year the social strata were almost gone.
- A geek is a nerd who knows lots about one thing that everyone else ignores.
- In vain, I glanced towards the nerds and geeks in the front row, hoping to get some help.
Synonyms
bore, dull person
informal dork, dweeb, geek
British informal anorak, spod
North American informal Poindexter
1. 1.1 A single-minded expert in a particular technical field.
  a computer nerd
  Example sentencesExamples
  After 10 years on the Internet I am finally the stereotypical Web nerd whose site contains pictures of my cat.
  This is the part of the review where I indulge my inner history nerd, so stick with me.
  What had been a niche market for technology nerds soon became a mass market as consumers discovered the benefits of computing, said Atherton.
  A lot of British pop beaches itself on our shores, but it's rare to find the voice of the common English punk nerd.
  Besides, you can't have a fight when the other guy turns out to be a mild-mannered book nerd.
  The best character in the film is the geeky computer nerd, parked at a desk in Mission Control.
  That was from when she played the school computer nerd a couple of years ago.
  A self-confessed computer nerd, Schilling is the perfect pitcher for the digital age.
  Nor did they dismiss his dream of making his living in film, perhaps as a special effects nerd.
  There were just so many errors in there that the outraged grammar nerd inside me froze up and died a little, giving way to bewildered amusement.
  Yes, there is a difference between band nerds and band geeks.
  He was a resident computer nerd who had two brothers and a baby sister.
  The employee went away as the standard IT nerd but when he came back he was totally different and we put it down to their policy for promoting life outside work.
  A brilliant computer nerd overcame entrenched foes and now heads the firm.
  It's a chick flick that your average home theater nerd isn't going to bother with.
  So what does an under-the-weather computer nerd do to survive a sick day?
  Take those computer nerds out of the total, and the numbers are down by half a million people and £36.4billion.
  As a Dungeons and Dragons nerd, it is an easier transition than you'd think to get into the sporting realm.
  Great literature sparks pictures in his head, as it does for any book nerd.
  As a pilot and techno nerd who's worked with GPS for years, I trust Garmin and Magellan.

Derivatives

nerdish

adjective ˈnəːdɪʃˈnərdɪʃ

informal

1Appearing foolish, lacking in social skills, or boringly studious.
〈非正式，主美〉缺乏社交能力者；书呆子
a somewhat nerdish computer geek
1. 1.1 Characterized by single-minded obsession with or expertise in a particular field.
Example sentencesExamples
- These are the things that made him into not just a writer, but a functioning human being, no longer nerdish or obsessive, but alert - and honest - enough to reclaim and make sense of his younger, stranger self.
- What the average art-lover wants, though, especially from Edinburgh in August, is not nerdish information so much as a memorable visual experience, in this case superb pictures that will exhilarate and electrify.
- He lists the tasks awaiting him with a nerdish enthusiasm: ‘the process things about how you get regulatory approval’, he says - the tax considerations, the listing documents, court filings.
- the most nerdish of hobbies
- the nerdish complexities of modern motorcycling terminology

nerdishness

noun ˈnəːdɪʃnəsˈnərdɪʃnəs

informal

Once, on a flight across America, I was guilty of a similar display of nerdishness when I looked down to see, and recognise, the Rose Bowl in Pasadena.
Example sentencesExamples
- You get used to the opportunities to reinvent yourself as well - by the time I got to Perth, I had realised how easy it was to create my own backstory and circumvent the nerdishness and bullying of previous schools.
- No doubt we're supposed to think this is funny, and giggle about this guy's nerdishness behind his back, but he actually makes a lot of good points.

Origin

1950s (originally US): of unknown origin.

Originally an American term, nerd in the sense of ‘boring, unfashionable person’ was first recorded in 1951. The word itself appeared the previous year in If I Ran the Zoo by Dr Seuss, who seems to have invented it: ‘I'll sail to Ka-Tro / And Bring Back an It-Kutch, a Preep and a Proo / A Nerkle, a Nerd, and a Seersucker, too!’ Some think that this is the origin of nerd, but Dr Seuss used the word in nonsense verse as the name of a kind of animal, and there is no connection with the obsessive computer fan we are familiar with. Another theory links the word with the name of Mortimer Snerd, a dummy used by the American ventriloquist Edgar Bergen in the 1930s.

Rhymes

absurd, bird, Byrd, curd, engird, gird, Heard, herd, Kurd, misheard, overheard, reheard, third, undergird, undeterred, unheard, unstirred, word

Definition of nerd in US English:

nerd

nounnərdnərd

informal

1A foolish or contemptible person who lacks social skills or is boringly studious.
〈非正式，主美〉缺乏社交能力者；书呆子
one of those nerds who never asked a girl to dance
Example sentencesExamples
- I'm not a geek, or a nerd, and the vast majority of the attention I get is from women who think I'm good looking.
- By motivating teachers and students about physics, he also hopes to remove the stigma that physics is boring and only for nerds.
- Actually he's probably both; a geeky nerd or a nerdy geek.
- Devoid of social skills and eternally depressing, Pekar's voice speaks for nerds, social inadequates and all else on the margins of society.
- Geeks and nerds produced the art and science that define the modern age.
- In vain, I glanced towards the nerds and geeks in the front row, hoping to get some help.
- Women do not consider careers in IT because they think they are careers for geeks, nerds, workaholics or all of the above.
- How many nerds and dorks do you see standing in front of the ‘I love you section’ at the card store?
- The play is about a timid nerd who discovers a strange plant that can make any Joe Soap really famous.
- Recently we noticed some net nerds have been forming social clubs under the banner ‘Free Culture’.
- They had things in common with us nerds, and by graduating year the social strata were almost gone.
- A geek is a nerd who knows lots about one thing that everyone else ignores.
- They were a group made up mostly of men who were all nerds and geeks and dorks in high school who went on to become brilliant and funny and irresistible in college.
- The surprising thing is that he is not a boring nerd; he's got a wonderful sense of humor and he loves to dance.
- The first 30 minutes were geek heaven; nerds in white shirts doing a Mamet version of technobabble.
- This, ladies and gentlemen, is the difference between a geek and a nerd.
- At the time it was still widely referred to as the ‘information superhighway’ and those who knew how to navigate it were dismissed as nerds and geeks.
- People who work in the Internet industry on the other hand are viewed as nerds, geeks, dweebs and propeller heads.
- Most of the editors will readily admit to being any of the following: dorks, nerds, or geeks.
- By now you may have guessed that blackjack is a nerd's game, requiring a minimum of social skills.
Synonyms
bore, dull person
1. 1.1 A single-minded expert in a particular technical field.
  a computer nerd
  Example sentencesExamples
  Take those computer nerds out of the total, and the numbers are down by half a million people and £36.4billion.
  The employee went away as the standard IT nerd but when he came back he was totally different and we put it down to their policy for promoting life outside work.
  It's a chick flick that your average home theater nerd isn't going to bother with.
  Great literature sparks pictures in his head, as it does for any book nerd.
  What had been a niche market for technology nerds soon became a mass market as consumers discovered the benefits of computing, said Atherton.
  After 10 years on the Internet I am finally the stereotypical Web nerd whose site contains pictures of my cat.
  Nor did they dismiss his dream of making his living in film, perhaps as a special effects nerd.
  A brilliant computer nerd overcame entrenched foes and now heads the firm.
  This is the part of the review where I indulge my inner history nerd, so stick with me.
  There were just so many errors in there that the outraged grammar nerd inside me froze up and died a little, giving way to bewildered amusement.
  As a Dungeons and Dragons nerd, it is an easier transition than you'd think to get into the sporting realm.
  The best character in the film is the geeky computer nerd, parked at a desk in Mission Control.
  So what does an under-the-weather computer nerd do to survive a sick day?
  A lot of British pop beaches itself on our shores, but it's rare to find the voice of the common English punk nerd.
  Yes, there is a difference between band nerds and band geeks.
  A self-confessed computer nerd, Schilling is the perfect pitcher for the digital age.
  Besides, you can't have a fight when the other guy turns out to be a mild-mannered book nerd.
  As a pilot and techno nerd who's worked with GPS for years, I trust Garmin and Magellan.
  That was from when she played the school computer nerd a couple of years ago.
  He was a resident computer nerd who had two brothers and a baby sister.

Origin

1950s (originally US): of unknown origin.

单词	nerd
释义	Definition of nerd in English: nerd (also nurd) noun nəːdnərd informal 1A foolish or contemptible person who lacks social skills or is boringly studious. 〈非正式，主美〉缺乏社交能力者；书呆子 I was a serious nerd until I discovered girls and cars 在我注意到女孩子和汽车之前，我是个不折不扣的电脑痴。 Example sentencesExamples By now you may have guessed that blackjack is a nerd's game, requiring a minimum of social skills. By motivating teachers and students about physics, he also hopes to remove the stigma that physics is boring and only for nerds. They were a group made up mostly of men who were all nerds and geeks and dorks in high school who went on to become brilliant and funny and irresistible in college. Geeks and nerds produced the art and science that define the modern age. Women do not consider careers in IT because they think they are careers for geeks, nerds, workaholics or all of the above. I'm not a geek, or a nerd, and the vast majority of the attention I get is from women who think I'm good looking. The play is about a timid nerd who discovers a strange plant that can make any Joe Soap really famous. Devoid of social skills and eternally depressing, Pekar's voice speaks for nerds, social inadequates and all else on the margins of society. Actually he's probably both; a geeky nerd or a nerdy geek. At the time it was still widely referred to as the ‘information superhighway’ and those who knew how to navigate it were dismissed as nerds and geeks. This, ladies and gentlemen, is the difference between a geek and a nerd. The surprising thing is that he is not a boring nerd; he's got a wonderful sense of humor and he loves to dance. How many nerds and dorks do you see standing in front of the ‘I love you section’ at the card store? Recently we noticed some net nerds have been forming social clubs under the banner ‘Free Culture’. Most of the editors will readily admit to being any of the following: dorks, nerds, or geeks. The first 30 minutes were geek heaven; nerds in white shirts doing a Mamet version of technobabble. People who work in the Internet industry on the other hand are viewed as nerds, geeks, dweebs and propeller heads. They had things in common with us nerds, and by graduating year the social strata were almost gone. A geek is a nerd who knows lots about one thing that everyone else ignores. In vain, I glanced towards the nerds and geeks in the front row, hoping to get some help. Synonyms bore, dull person informal dork, dweeb, geek British informal anorak, spod North American informal Poindexter 1.1 A single-minded expert in a particular technical field. a computer nerd Example sentencesExamples After 10 years on the Internet I am finally the stereotypical Web nerd whose site contains pictures of my cat. This is the part of the review where I indulge my inner history nerd, so stick with me. What had been a niche market for technology nerds soon became a mass market as consumers discovered the benefits of computing, said Atherton. A lot of British pop beaches itself on our shores, but it's rare to find the voice of the common English punk nerd. Besides, you can't have a fight when the other guy turns out to be a mild-mannered book nerd. The best character in the film is the geeky computer nerd, parked at a desk in Mission Control. That was from when she played the school computer nerd a couple of years ago. A self-confessed computer nerd, Schilling is the perfect pitcher for the digital age. Nor did they dismiss his dream of making his living in film, perhaps as a special effects nerd. There were just so many errors in there that the outraged grammar nerd inside me froze up and died a little, giving way to bewildered amusement. Yes, there is a difference between band nerds and band geeks. He was a resident computer nerd who had two brothers and a baby sister. The employee went away as the standard IT nerd but when he came back he was totally different and we put it down to their policy for promoting life outside work. A brilliant computer nerd overcame entrenched foes and now heads the firm. It's a chick flick that your average home theater nerd isn't going to bother with. So what does an under-the-weather computer nerd do to survive a sick day? Take those computer nerds out of the total, and the numbers are down by half a million people and £36.4billion. As a Dungeons and Dragons nerd, it is an easier transition than you'd think to get into the sporting realm. Great literature sparks pictures in his head, as it does for any book nerd. As a pilot and techno nerd who's worked with GPS for years, I trust Garmin and Magellan. Derivatives nerdish adjective ˈnəːdɪʃˈnərdɪʃ informal 1Appearing foolish, lacking in social skills, or boringly studious. 〈非正式，主美〉缺乏社交能力者；书呆子 a somewhat nerdish computer geek 1.1 Characterized by single-minded obsession with or expertise in a particular field. Example sentencesExamples These are the things that made him into not just a writer, but a functioning human being, no longer nerdish or obsessive, but alert - and honest - enough to reclaim and make sense of his younger, stranger self. What the average art-lover wants, though, especially from Edinburgh in August, is not nerdish information so much as a memorable visual experience, in this case superb pictures that will exhilarate and electrify. He lists the tasks awaiting him with a nerdish enthusiasm: ‘the process things about how you get regulatory approval’, he says - the tax considerations, the listing documents, court filings. the most nerdish of hobbies the nerdish complexities of modern motorcycling terminology nerdishness noun ˈnəːdɪʃnəsˈnərdɪʃnəs informal Once, on a flight across America, I was guilty of a similar display of nerdishness when I looked down to see, and recognise, the Rose Bowl in Pasadena. Example sentencesExamples You get used to the opportunities to reinvent yourself as well - by the time I got to Perth, I had realised how easy it was to create my own backstory and circumvent the nerdishness and bullying of previous schools. No doubt we're supposed to think this is funny, and giggle about this guy's nerdishness behind his back, but he actually makes a lot of good points. Origin 1950s (originally US): of unknown origin. Originally an American term, nerd in the sense of ‘boring, unfashionable person’ was first recorded in 1951. The word itself appeared the previous year in If I Ran the Zoo by Dr Seuss, who seems to have invented it: ‘I'll sail to Ka-Tro / And Bring Back an It-Kutch, a Preep and a Proo / A Nerkle, a Nerd, and a Seersucker, too!’ Some think that this is the origin of nerd, but Dr Seuss used the word in nonsense verse as the name of a kind of animal, and there is no connection with the obsessive computer fan we are familiar with. Another theory links the word with the name of Mortimer Snerd, a dummy used by the American ventriloquist Edgar Bergen in the 1930s. Rhymes absurd, bird, Byrd, curd, engird, gird, Heard, herd, Kurd, misheard, overheard, reheard, third, undergird, undeterred, unheard, unstirred, word Definition of nerd in US English: nerd nounnərdnərd informal 1A foolish or contemptible person who lacks social skills or is boringly studious. 〈非正式，主美〉缺乏社交能力者；书呆子 one of those nerds who never asked a girl to dance Example sentencesExamples I'm not a geek, or a nerd, and the vast majority of the attention I get is from women who think I'm good looking. By motivating teachers and students about physics, he also hopes to remove the stigma that physics is boring and only for nerds. Actually he's probably both; a geeky nerd or a nerdy geek. Devoid of social skills and eternally depressing, Pekar's voice speaks for nerds, social inadequates and all else on the margins of society. Geeks and nerds produced the art and science that define the modern age. In vain, I glanced towards the nerds and geeks in the front row, hoping to get some help. Women do not consider careers in IT because they think they are careers for geeks, nerds, workaholics or all of the above. How many nerds and dorks do you see standing in front of the ‘I love you section’ at the card store? The play is about a timid nerd who discovers a strange plant that can make any Joe Soap really famous. Recently we noticed some net nerds have been forming social clubs under the banner ‘Free Culture’. They had things in common with us nerds, and by graduating year the social strata were almost gone. A geek is a nerd who knows lots about one thing that everyone else ignores. They were a group made up mostly of men who were all nerds and geeks and dorks in high school who went on to become brilliant and funny and irresistible in college. The surprising thing is that he is not a boring nerd; he's got a wonderful sense of humor and he loves to dance. The first 30 minutes were geek heaven; nerds in white shirts doing a Mamet version of technobabble. This, ladies and gentlemen, is the difference between a geek and a nerd. At the time it was still widely referred to as the ‘information superhighway’ and those who knew how to navigate it were dismissed as nerds and geeks. People who work in the Internet industry on the other hand are viewed as nerds, geeks, dweebs and propeller heads. Most of the editors will readily admit to being any of the following: dorks, nerds, or geeks. By now you may have guessed that blackjack is a nerd's game, requiring a minimum of social skills. Synonyms bore, dull person 1.1 A single-minded expert in a particular technical field. a computer nerd Example sentencesExamples Take those computer nerds out of the total, and the numbers are down by half a million people and £36.4billion. The employee went away as the standard IT nerd but when he came back he was totally different and we put it down to their policy for promoting life outside work. It's a chick flick that your average home theater nerd isn't going to bother with. Great literature sparks pictures in his head, as it does for any book nerd. What had been a niche market for technology nerds soon became a mass market as consumers discovered the benefits of computing, said Atherton. After 10 years on the Internet I am finally the stereotypical Web nerd whose site contains pictures of my cat. Nor did they dismiss his dream of making his living in film, perhaps as a special effects nerd. A brilliant computer nerd overcame entrenched foes and now heads the firm. This is the part of the review where I indulge my inner history nerd, so stick with me. There were just so many errors in there that the outraged grammar nerd inside me froze up and died a little, giving way to bewildered amusement. As a Dungeons and Dragons nerd, it is an easier transition than you'd think to get into the sporting realm. The best character in the film is the geeky computer nerd, parked at a desk in Mission Control. So what does an under-the-weather computer nerd do to survive a sick day? A lot of British pop beaches itself on our shores, but it's rare to find the voice of the common English punk nerd. Yes, there is a difference between band nerds and band geeks. A self-confessed computer nerd, Schilling is the perfect pitcher for the digital age. Besides, you can't have a fight when the other guy turns out to be a mild-mannered book nerd. As a pilot and techno nerd who's worked with GPS for years, I trust Garmin and Magellan. That was from when she played the school computer nerd a couple of years ago. He was a resident computer nerd who had two brothers and a baby sister. Origin 1950s (originally US): of unknown origin.
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