groove

[groov] /gruv/
noun
1.
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.
2.
the track or channel of a phonograph record for the needle or stylus.
3.
a fixed routine:
to get into a groove.
4.
Printing. the furrow at the bottom of a piece of type.
5.
Slang. an enjoyable time or experience.
verb (used with object), grooved, grooving.
6.
to cut a groove in; furrow.
7.
Slang.
  1. to appreciate and enjoy.
  2. to please immensely.
verb (used without object), grooved, grooving.
8.
Slang.
  1. to take great pleasure; enjoy oneself:
    He was grooving on the music.
  2. to get along or interact well.
9.
to fix in a groove.
Idioms
10.
in the groove, Slang.
  1. in perfect functioning order.
  2. in the popular fashion; up-to-date:
    If you want to be in the groove this summer, you'll need a bikini.
Origin
1350-1400; Middle English grofe, groof mining shaft; cognate with Middle Dutch groeve, Dutch groef, German Grube pit, ditch; akin to grave1
Related forms
grooveless, adjective
groovelike, adjective
groover, noun
regroove, verb (used with object), regrooved, regrooving.
Synonyms
3. rut, habit, pattern.
British Dictionary definitions for in the groove

groove

/ɡruːv/
noun
1.
a long narrow channel or furrow, esp one cut into wood by a tool
2.
the spiral channel, usually V-shaped, in a gramophone record See also microgroove
3.
one of the spiral cuts in the bore of a gun
4.
(anatomy) any furrow or channel on a bodily structure or part; sulcus
5.
(mountaineering) a shallow fissure in a rock face or between two rock faces, forming an angle of more than 120°
6.
a settled existence, routine, etc, to which one is suited or accustomed, esp one from which it is difficult to escape
7.
(slang) an experience, event, etc, that is groovy
8.
in the groove
  1. (jazz) playing well and apparently effortlessly, with a good beat, etc
  2. (US) fashionable
verb
9.
(transitive) to form or cut a groove in
10.
(intransitive) (old-fashioned, slang) to enjoy oneself or feel in rapport with one's surroundings
11.
(intransitive) (jazz) to play well, with a good beat, etc
Derived Forms
grooveless, adjective
groovelike, adjective
Word Origin
C15: from obsolete Dutch groeve, of Germanic origin; compare Old High German gruoba pit, Old Norse grof
Word Origin and History for in the groove

groove

n.

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."

v.

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

in the groove in Medicine

groove (grōōv)
n.
A rut, groove, or narrow depression or channel in a surface.

Slang definitions & phrases for in the groove

in the groove

adjective phrase
  1. Making good sense; saying what needs saying: Right! You're in the groove now
  2. In good form; working smoothly and well: The professor of Classics was, as she would have put it, ''in canaliculo,'' in the groove
  3. laying well and excitingly; HEP (Jive musicians) (1930s+ Jive talk)

groove

noun

Any habitually preferred activity; what excites and gratifies one; bag, kick (1958+)

verb
  1. To enjoy intensely; take gratification, esp rather passively and subjectively; go with the flow: To groove means to yield yourself to the flow of activity around you/ I just like to get out there and groove a little (1960s+)
  2. To like and approve; dig: They see the spade cats going with ofay chicks and they don't groove it (1960s+)
  3. o perform very well; be effective: really grooving on that funny trumpet (1935+)
Related Terms

in the groove

[fr the sense that a musician is in a definite and exciting track, has hit a perfect stride, when playing well, esp a solo; perhaps influenced by the grooves of a phonograph record]


Idioms and Phrases with in the groove

in the groove

Performing very well, excellent; also, in fashion, up-to-date. For example, The band was slowly getting in the groove, or To be in the groove this year you'll have to get a fake fur coat. This idiom originally alluded to running accurately in a channel, or groove. It was taken up by jazz musicians in the 1920s and later began to be used more loosely. A variant, back in the groove, means “returning to one's old self,” as in He was very ill but now he's back in the groove. [ ; mid-1800s ]

groove

see: in the groove