grok

[ grok ]

verb (used with object)

1. to understand thoroughly and intuitively:

   The code is simple enough that you should be able to grok what it does.

verb (used without object)

1. to communicate sympathetically.

Word History and Origins

Origin of grok¹

Coined by Robert A. Heinlein in the science-fiction novel Stranger in a Strange Land (1961)

Example Sentences

Woe unto the politicians and parties that fail to grok this, as they will face only bigger and bigger losses in market share.

From The Daily Beast

Really, really grok that, if our half of the species is ever going to be worth a damn.

From The Daily Beast