gear head
Automotive obsessive type
A gear head is someone obsessed with machinery, especially cars or motorcycles.
The term suggests deep technical knowledge and enthusiasm for how things work mechanically: He's a total gear head—spends every weekend under the hood.
Also spelled gearhead.
The term extends to anyone fanatically interested in equipment or technology within a particular domain.
- petrolheadCar enthusiast, British slang
- enthusiastArdent admirer of something
- mechanicVehicle maintenance professional
- automotiveRelating to motor vehicles
- grease monkeySlang for auto mechanic
muscle car · drag strip · car culture · car meet · shop talk · wrenching · under the hood · engine · tuning · repairing · modification · fanatic · fabricator · custom build · project car · torque wrench · tinkerer · radiator
- gearscog, pinion, cogs, rack, mesh
- criticscritic, critics, criticizer, criticizers, faultfinder
- photographersAnnie Leibovitz, documentary photographers, Gordon Parks, portrait photographer, event photographers
- job slangcop, doc, medic, cabbie, barista