nerd out

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Verb

nerd out (third-person singular simple present nerds out, present participle nerding out, simple past and past participle nerded out)

1. (slang) To study intensely, swot
   • 2012 January 10, Michael Muhammad Knight, William S. Burroughs vs. The Qur'an‎^[1], Berkeley: Soft Skull Press, →ISBN, →OL:

     There appears to be something essential about that. I search my memory for every reference to decapitation found in a lifetime of nerding out at the library

2. (slang) To do nerdy things; to geek out.
   • 2009 August 25, Dave Itzkoff, “Successful Comic and Rodent Tries Unfamiliar Role: Sports Fan”, in New York Times‎^[2]:

     Even when he’s nerding out, he’s nerding out to the 10th power.

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