gearheads
Mechanical hobby fanatics
Gearheads are enthusiasts obsessed with mechanical things, especially cars and motorcycles.
The term combines gear (machinery) with the slang suffix -head (devotee), suggesting someone whose mind is always on engines, horsepower, and technical specifications.
The gearheads spent all weekend rebuilding the transmission.
The word can extend to anyone deeply absorbed in technical equipment or gadgetry.
Machine producing motion
- transmissionSending of information
- drivetrainVehicle power transmission system
- suspensionTemporary halt or exclusion
- chassisStructural support base
exhaust · turbocharger · differential · carburetor · horsepower · torque · cylinder · piston
Car enthusiast, British slang
- motorheadVehicle and engine fanatic
- enthusiastArdent admirer of something
- obsessionPersistent, intrusive preoccupation
- passionIntense emotional drive
community · forum · show · collection · restoration · vintage · classic · hotrod
Toothed rotating machine part
- sprocketToothed wheel for chains
- pinionToothed wheel, small
- bearingsAwareness of one's position
- pulleyGrooved wheel for rope
flywheel · mechanism · linkage · ratchet · actuator · hydraulics · pneumatics · servomechanism
Container for implements
- wrenchTool for turning fasteners
- screwdriverTool for turning fasteners
- pliersHinged metal gripping tool
- socketHollow receiving cavity
ratchet · multimeter · diy · repair · maintain · disassemble · reassemble · modify
engine
Machine producing motion
- transmissionSending of information
- drivetrainVehicle power transmission system
- suspensionTemporary halt or exclusion
chassis · exhaust · turbocharger · differential · carburetor · horsepower · torque · cylinder · piston · crankshaft
petrolhead
Car enthusiast, British slang
- motorheadVehicle and engine fanatic
- enthusiastArdent admirer of something
- obsessionPersistent, intrusive preoccupation
passion · community · forum · show · collection · restoration · vintage · classic · hotrod · custom
cogwheel
Toothed rotating machine part
pulley · flywheel · mechanism · linkage · ratchet · actuator · hydraulics · pneumatics · servomechanism · torque
toolbox
Container for implements
- wrenchTool for turning fasteners
- screwdriverTool for turning fasteners
- pliersHinged metal gripping tool
socket · ratchet · multimeter · diy · repair · maintain · disassemble · reassemble · modify · tweak
- hobbyistshobbyist, hobbyists, enthusiasts, crafters, collectors
- gearheadspetrolhead, petrolheads, motorhead, motorheads, car buff
- enthusiastsenthusiasts, fans, devotee, enthusiast, buff
- techiesgeeks, nerds, techies, coders, programmers