Noun: nurd nurd
Usage: informal, rare
Usage: informal, rare
- An intelligent but single-minded expert in a particular technical field or profession
"He was considered a nurd for his obsession with quantum physics";
- nerd [informal]
- An insignificant student who is ridiculed as being affected or boringly studious
"The popular kids often mocked the nurd for always having his nose in a book";
- swot [Brit, informal], grind [N. Amer, informal], nerd [informal], wonk [informal], dweeb [N. Amer, informal]
Derived forms: nurds
Type of: assimilator, expert, learner, scholar, student
Encyclopedia: Nurd