groove

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noun

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.

the track or channel of a phonograph record for the needle or stylus.

a fixed routine: to get into a groove.

Printing. the furrow at the bottom of a piece of type.

Slang. an enjoyable time or experience.

verb (used with object), grooved, groov·ing.

to cut a groove in; furrow.

Slang.

to appreciate and enjoy.
to please immensely.

verb (used without object), grooved, groov·ing.

Slang.

to take great pleasure; enjoy oneself: He was grooving on the music.
to get along or interact well.

to fix in a groove.

Nearby words

grooming, groomsman, groot, groote, groote eylandt, groove, groove of nail matrix, grooved, grooved fricative, grooving saw, groovy

Idioms

in the groove, Slang.

in perfect functioning order.
in the popular fashion; up-to-date: If you want to be in the groove this summer, you'll need a bikini.

Origin of groove

1350–1400; Middle English grofe, groof mining shaft; cognate with Middle Dutch groeve, Dutch groef, German Grube pit, ditch; akin to grave¹

SYNONYMS FOR groove

3 rut, habit, pattern.

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Related formsgroove·less, adjectivegroove·like, adjectivegroov·er, nounre·groove, verb (used with object), re·grooved, re·groov·ing.

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Examples from the Web for groove

Tanaka then settled into a groove, pitching shut-out ball for the next five innings, fanning eight as the Yankees won 7-3.
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But the fact of the matter is that somewhere along the way, Brooklyn Nine-Nine really did find its groove.
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Very rarely I'll hit a groove and finish early—go for a long walk in the afternoon, or even blow myself to a movie.
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Post-water break, Rubio managed to get into a groove and ease on in for a smooth-jazz finish.
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After the Jubilee, it was time for the Olympics, and it seemed the Royals had a chance to get their groove back.
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Endlich's imagination seemed forced to follow a groove, trying to picture that last terrible moment, fifty-million years ago.
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She makes a great effort; the bar yields, slips back in the groove.
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The recording diaphragm of a phonograph is a window pane bearing a stylus adapted to engrave a groove in a record blank.
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One of these accompanies the disks from South Carolina, and is marked with a groove to receive the thumb in throwing it.
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For small shops it is made for clamping only, and the making of the groove is done with the ordinary hammer.
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British Dictionary definitions for groove

groove

/ (ɡruːv) /

noun

a long narrow channel or furrow, esp one cut into wood by a tool

the spiral channel, usually V-shaped, in a gramophone recordSee also microgroove

one of the spiral cuts in the bore of a gun

anatomy any furrow or channel on a bodily structure or part; sulcus

mountaineering a shallow fissure in a rock face or between two rock faces, forming an angle of more than 120°

a settled existence, routine, etc, to which one is suited or accustomed, esp one from which it is difficult to escape

slang an experience, event, etc, that is groovy

in the groove

jazz playing well and apparently effortlessly, with a good beat, etc
US fashionable

verb

(tr) to form or cut a groove in

(intr) old-fashioned, slang to enjoy oneself or feel in rapport with one's surroundings

(intr) jazz to play well, with a good beat, etc

Derived Formsgrooveless, adjectivegroovelike, adjective

Word Origin for groove

C15: from obsolete Dutch groeve, of Germanic origin; compare Old High German gruoba pit, Old Norse grof

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Word Origin and History for groove (1 of 2)

groove

c.1400, "cave, mine, pit" (late 13c. in place names), from a Scandinavian source, cf. Old Norse grod "pit," or from Middle Dutch groeve "furrow, ditch," both from Proto-Germanic *grobo (cf. Old Norse grof "brook, river bed," Old High German gruoba "ditch," Gothic groba "pit, cave," Old English græf "ditch"), related to grave (n.). Sense of "long, narrow channel or furrow" is 1650s. Meaning "spiral cut in a phonograph record" is from 1902. Figurative sense of "routine" is from 1842, often deprecatory at first, "a rut."

Word Origin and History for groove (1 of 2)

groove

1680s, "make a groove," from groove (n.). Slang sense is from late 1930s. Related: Grooved; grooving.

groove

noun

verb (used with object), grooved, groov·ing.

verb (used without object), grooved, groov·ing.

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