groove
noun
- part of DNA double helix
verb
- put grooves into something
- to enjoy oneself intensely
Wiktionary
Pronunciation: /ɡɹuːv/ / /ɡɹuv/
noun
Etymology: From Middle English grov, grove, groof, grofe (“cave; pit; mining shaft”), probably from Old Norse gróf (“pit”) or from Middle Dutch groeve (“furrow, ditch”), both from Proto-West Germanic *grōbu, from Proto-Germanic *grōbō (“groove, furrow”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʰrebʰ- (“to dig, scrape, bury”). Cognate with Cimbrian gruuba (“gorge, ravine”), Dutch groef, groeve (“groove; pit, grave”), German Grube (“ditch, pit”), Luxembourgish Grouf (“pit, mine”), Mòcheno gruab (“mine”), Icelandic gróf (“pit, hollow”), Gothic 𐌲𐍂𐍉𐌱𐌰 (grōba, “foxhole”), Serbo-Croatian grèbati (“scratch, dig”). Related to Old English grafan (“to dig”). More at grave.
- A long, narrow channel or depression; e.g., such a slot cut into a hard material to provide a location for an engineering component, a tire groove, or a geological channel or depression.
- A fixed routine.
“Through these distresses, the Odd Girl was cheerful and exemplary. But within four hours after dark we had got into a supernatural groove, and the Odd Girl had seen “Eyes,” and was in hysterics.”
“The gregarious trifling of life in the social groove.”
- The middle of the strike zone in baseball where a pitch is most easily hit.
- A pronounced, enjoyable rhythm.
“Now, what you hear is not a test, I'm rapping to the beat / And me, the groove, and my friends are gonna try to move your feet”
“Let the music play / He won't get away / This groove he can't ignore”
- A good feeling (often as in the groove).
“You can't hide forever, just decide to make it better / Turn it into something good / Remember, you can choose not to lose / Find your groove and be a winner”
“How could he be expected to make music that put the audience in a groove, he reasoned, if he wasn't grooving himself?”
- A shaft or excavation.
- The optimal route around the track, or any of several such routes.
verb
Etymology: From Middle English grov, grove, groof, grofe (“cave; pit; mining shaft”), probably from Old Norse gróf (“pit”) or from Middle Dutch groeve (“furrow, ditch”), both from Proto-West Germanic *grōbu, from Proto-Germanic *grōbō (“groove, furrow”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʰrebʰ- (“to dig, scrape, bury”). Cognate with Cimbrian gruuba (“gorge, ravine”), Dutch groef, groeve (“groove; pit, grave”), German Grube (“ditch, pit”), Luxembourgish Grouf (“pit, mine”), Mòcheno gruab (“mine”), Icelandic gróf (“pit, hollow”), Gothic 𐌲𐍂𐍉𐌱𐌰 (grōba, “foxhole”), Serbo-Croatian grèbati (“scratch, dig”). Related to Old English grafan (“to dig”). More at grave.
- To cut a groove or channel in; to form into channels or grooves; to furrow.
“The path to my fixed purpose is laid with iron rails, whereon my soul is grooved to run.”
- To perform, dance to, or enjoy rhythmic music.
“I was just starting to groove to the band when we had to leave.”
“Well, I got my way of groovin' / Sitting down right in my seat / I get soul satisfaction / Yeah, without jumpin' up and down on my feet”