grok

[grok]Slang.

verb (used with object)

to understand thoroughly and intuitively.

verb (used without object)

to communicate sympathetically.

Origin of grok

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

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Contemporary Examples of grokking

In the parlance of the day, he achieved the photographic equivalent of ''grokking'' his subjects.
The Kings of Kodachrome
Philip Gefter
February 18, 2010

Word Origin and History for grokking

grok

"to understand empathically," 1961, arbitrary formation by U.S. science fiction writer Robert A. Heinlein (1907-1988) in his book "Stranger in a Strange Land." In popular use 1960s; perhaps obsolete now except in internet technology circles.