groove
- 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.
- to cut a groove in; furrow.
- Slang.
- to appreciate and enjoy.
- to please immensely.
- Slang.
- to take great pleasure; enjoy oneself: He was grooving on the music.
- to get along or interact well.
- to fix in a groove.
- 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
Synonyms for groove
See more synonyms for on Thesaurus.comRelated Words for grooving
pleasant, winsome, enjoyable, mad, joyous, sunny, rollicking, jolly, cheerful, lively, hilarious, amusing, comical, joyful, glad, lighthearted, fun-loving, energetic, spry, zippyExamples from the Web for grooving
Contemporary Examples of grooving
Kudos to the backup dancer who keeps on grooving like nothing happened.
But we didn't expect was to find new Meet The Press moderator David Gregory grooving to Beyonce's "Single Ladies."
Historical Examples of grooving
It is also occasionally used to signify channeling or grooving.
Time Telling through the AgesHarry Chase Brearley
(c) Smooth rolls usually run at approximately even speeds and, as their name denotes, devoid of any grooving.
The Preparation of Plantation RubberSidney Morgan
Similarly various types of grooving are cut in the intermediate rolls.
The Preparation of Plantation RubberSidney Morgan
There were signs of previous glaciation in the form of erratics and many examples of polishing and grooving.
The Home of the BlizzardDouglas Mawson
A moment later he was grooving a white trail of foam out into the bay.
The PursuitFrank (Frank Mackenzie) Savile
groove
- 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
- jazzplaying well and apparently effortlessly, with a good beat, etc
- USfashionable
- (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
Word Origin for groove
Word Origin and History for grooving
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."
groove
1680s, "make a groove," from groove (n.). Slang sense is from late 1930s. Related: Grooved; grooving.
groove
(grōōv)- A rut, groove, or narrow depression or channel in a surface.
Idioms and Phrases with grooving
groove
see in the groove.