geek out
phr. v..phr. v.. to talk or act with a lot of excitement about a specific topic you love, like technology, movies, or science.
phr. v.. to behave in an enthusiastic or obsessive manner about a niche subject; often involves discussing technical details that others might find obscure.
We spent the whole night geeking out over the new space photos.
Whenever the two of them get together, they geek out about vintage comic books for hours.
It was refreshing to see the professor geek out over the discovery of a minor grammatical anomaly in the medieval manuscript.
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- Pattern
- geek + out (+ over/about + object)
usually followed by the preposition 'over' or 'about' to indicate the subject of interest.
point out that while 'geek' was once an insult, 'geek out' is now often used with pride to show deep passion for a hobby.
He was geeking out the new software.He was geeking out over the new software.this phrasal verb requires a preposition like 'over' or 'about' before the object.