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noun
1.
a long, narrow cut or indentation in a surface, as the cut in a board to receive the tongue of another board (tongue-and-groove joint), a furrow, or a natural indentation on an organism.
2.
the track or channel of a phonograph record for the needle or stylus.
3.
a fixed routine: to get into a groove.
4.
Printing. the furrow at the bottom of a piece of type.
5.
Slang. an enjoyable time or experience.
verb (used with object)
6.
to cut a groove in; furrow.
7.
Slang.
a.
to appreciate and enjoy.
b.
to please immensely.
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In the groove
is always a great word to know.
So is flibbertigibbet. Does it mean:
| an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle. |
| a chattering or flighty, light-headed person. |
verb (used without object)
Idiom8.
Slang.
a.
to take great pleasure; enjoy oneself: He was grooving on the music.
b.
to get along or interact well.
9.
to fix in a groove.
10.
in the groove, Slang.
a.
in perfect functioning order.
b.
in the popular fashion; up-to-date: If you want to be in the groove this summer, you'll need a bikini.
Origin:
1350–1400; Middle English grofe, groof mining shaft; cognate with Middle Dutch groeve, Dutch groef, German Grube pit, ditch; akin to grave1
1350–1400; Middle English grofe, groof mining shaft; cognate with Middle Dutch groeve, Dutch groef, German Grube pit, ditch; akin to grave1
Related forms
groove·less, adjective
groove·like, adjective
groov·er, noun
re·groove, verb (used with object), re·grooved, re·groov·ing.
Synonyms
3. rut, habit, pattern.
3. rut, habit, pattern.
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Word Origin & History
groove
c.1400, from O.N. grod "pit," or M.Du. groeve "furrow, ditch," from P.Gmc. *grobo (cf. O.N. grof "brook, river bed," O.H.G. gruoba "ditch," Goth. groba "pit, cave," O.E. græf "ditch"), related to grave (n.). Sense of "long, narrow channel or furrow" is 1659. Meaning
EXPAND "spiral cut in a phonograph record" is from 1902. Fig. sense of "routine" is from 1842, often depreciatory at first, "a rut." Adj. groovy is 1853 in lit. sense of "of a groove;" 1937 in slang sense of "excellent," from jazz slang phrase in the groove (1932) "performing well (without grandstanding)." As teen slang for "wonderful," it dates from 1944; popularized 1960s, out of currency by 1980.
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Medical Dictionary
groove (gr&oomacr;v)
n.
A rut, groove, or narrow depression or channel in a surface.
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Idioms & Phrases
in the groove
Performing very well, excellent; also, in fashion, up-to-date. For example, The band was slowly getting in the groove, or To be in the groove this year you'll have to get a fake fur coat. This idiom originally alluded to running accurately in a channel, or groove. It was taken up by jazz musicians in the 1920s and later began to be used more loosely. A variant, back in the groove, means "returning to one's old self," as in He was very ill but now he's back in the groove. [Slang; mid-1800s]
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