geek someone's head up

Possibly related to geek (“make excited, make jumpy”, verb).

geek someone's head up (third-person singular simple present geeks someone's head up, present participle geeking someone's head up, simple past and past participle geeked someone's head up)

1. (African-American Vernacular) To increase someone's sense of importance or their sense of their skill; to make confident.
   • 2010, Ridiko, Hood Trials, →ISBN, page 271:

     "This is what we been waiting for you is the man Spider". Which I always knew I just love hearing everybody else say it because it geek's my head up^[sic] […]

   • 2011 January 14, “What do you think?”, in The Inside Scoop‎:

     When it comes to playing basketball Michael Childs seems to have the game down packed! Some say he thinks he’s in the NBA, with the fans and all.! People really geek his head up, but there are those who also say that he is a show off!

   • 2019 February, Aigne Berry; Mikaya Williams, “What does it take to be a perfect valentine?”, in Empehi News‎, page 06:

     “He makes me feel special by geeking my head up and gives me more confidence in myself, […] ”

   • 2019 May 31, CopyWrite Magazine‎, number 14, page 43:

     I started making jokes about him feeling like tough sh*t after that presentation haha. Everyone at school geeked his head up. He probably got two fruit cups from the lunch lady that day and said, “Bet! I’m gonna keep doing this!”