: a person who pursues mechanical or technological interests (as in automobiles or computers)
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Visitation increases each year as gearheads, history buffs, photographers and families drive up the mountain to Jerome, and then continue a mile farther to the little outpost of Gold King Mine and Ghost Town.
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Roger Naylor, The Arizona Republic, 20 Apr. 2024
The mechanic, who works and lives out of an airplane hangar north of Los Angeles in Lancaster, California, has become a community celebrity in recent years thanks, in part, to the endorsements of high-profile gearheads like Jay Leno and Matt Farah.
—Bryan Hood, Robb Report, 11 Apr. 2024
Google Nest founder Matt Rogers didn’t shy away from the commitment, venturing fully and completely into a realm many gearheads consider sacrilegious, all with the goal of producing zero tailpipe emissions.
—Basem Wasef, Robb Report, 6 Mar. 2024
Which leads to all the discussions about exhaust valves, engineering quirks and scads of other stuff that will warm the hearts of gearheads everywhere.
—Joe Leydon, Variety, 3 Jan. 2024
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Roger Naylor, The Arizona Republic, 20 Apr. 2024
The mechanic, who works and lives out of an airplane hangar north of Los Angeles in Lancaster, California, has become a community celebrity in recent years thanks, in part, to the endorsements of high-profile gearheads like Jay Leno and Matt Farah.
—Bryan Hood, Robb Report, 11 Apr. 2024
Google Nest founder Matt Rogers didn’t shy away from the commitment, venturing fully and completely into a realm many gearheads consider sacrilegious, all with the goal of producing zero tailpipe emissions.
—Basem Wasef, Robb Report, 6 Mar. 2024
Which leads to all the discussions about exhaust valves, engineering quirks and scads of other stuff that will warm the hearts of gearheads everywhere.
—Joe Leydon, Variety, 3 Jan. 2024
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“Gearhead.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/gearhead. Accessed 26 Jul. 2024.
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