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[grok] 
Slang.–verb (used with object)
| 1. | to understand thoroughly and intuitively. |
–verb (used without object)
| 2. | to communicate sympathetically. |
Origin:
coined by Robert A. Heinlein in the science-fiction novel Stranger in a Strange Land (1961)
coined by Robert A. Heinlein in the science-fiction novel Stranger in a Strange Land (1961)
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| grok (grŏk) tr.v. grok·ked, grok·king, groks Slang To understand profoundly through intuition or empathy. [Coined by Robert A. Heinlein in his Stranger in a Strange Land.] |
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grok
/grok/, var. /grohk/ vt. [from the novel "Stranger in a Strange Land", by Robert A. Heinlein, where it is a Martian word meaning literally `to drink' and metaphorically `to be one with'] The emphatic form is `grok in fullness'.1. To understand, usually in a global sense. Connotes intimate and exhaustive knowledge. Contrast zen, which is similar supernal understanding experienced as a single brief flash. See also glark.
2. Used of programs, may connote merely sufficient understanding. "Almost all C compilers grok the `void' type these days."
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grok
"to understand empathically," 1961, arbitrary formation by U.S. science fiction writer Robert Heinlein, in his book "Stranger in a Strange Land." In use 1960s, perhaps obsolete now.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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grok
/grok/, /grohk/ (From the novel "Stranger in a Strange Land", by Robert A. Heinlein, where it is a Martian word meaning literally "to drink" and metaphorically "to be one with")
1. To understand, usually in a global sense. Connotes intimate and exhaustive knowledge.
Contrast zen, which is similar supernal understanding experienced as a single brief flash. See also glark.
2. Used of programs, may connote merely sufficient understanding. "Almost all C compilers grok the "void" type these days."
[The Jargon File]
(1995-01-31)
The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing, © 1993-2007 Denis Howe
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