groove en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- /ɡɹuv/ (US)
- (Southern-England) audio
- /ɡɹuːv/ (UK)
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.
Meanings
- 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.
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A fixed routine.
His counterpart Neil Warnock got his tactics spot on as Chelsea struggled to get into any sort of groove in the first half.
2011 October 23, Becky Ashton, “QPR 1 - 0 Chelsea”, in BBC Sport:The gregarious trifling of life in the social groove.
1873, John Morley, Rousseau: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.
1859 December 13, Charles Dickens, “The Mortals in the House”, in Charles Dickens, editor, The Haunted House. The Extra Christmas Number of All the Year Round […], volume II, London: […] C[harles] Whiting, […], →OCLC, page 4:
- The middle of the strike zone in baseball where a pitch is most easily hit.
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A pronounced, enjoyable rhythm.
Get into the groove / Boy, you've got to prove / Your love to me / Get up on your feet / Yeah, step to the beat
1985, Stephen Bray, Madonna, “Into the Groove”, in Like a Virgin, performed by Madonna:Let the music play / He won't get away / This groove he can't ignore
1983, Chris Barbosa, Ed Chisolm, “Let the Music Play”, performed by Shannon: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
1979, “Rapper's Delight”, performed by The Sugarhill Gang:
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(dated, informal) A good feeling (often as in the groove).
How could he be expected to make music that put the audience in a groove, he reasoned, if he wasn't grooving himself?
2010, Jan Reid, Shawn Sahm, Texas Tornado: The Times and Music of Doug Sahm, page 57: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
1980, Earth, Wind & Fire, “Turn It Into Something Good”, in Faces (Earth, Wind & Fire album):
- A shaft or excavation.
- The optimal route around the track, or any of several such routes.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| grooves | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Antonyms
Deriveds
porn groove · groovester · groovelike · groove-joint pliers · nanogroove · rare groove · groovemeister · tongue and groove · get one's groove on · groovesome · chin groove · groovework · locked groove · groove metal · ingroove · infraorbital groove · microgroove · back in the groove · polygroove · grooveless · groovetastic · groovy · groovitude · groove fricative · groovebox · Meckelian groove · Galvayne's groove · engroove · pregroove · in the groove
Translations (110)
ru рути́на (fixed routine) · cs rýha (long, narrow channel) · es hendidura (long, narrow channel) · de übliche Routine (fixed routine) · fi uurre (long, narrow channel) · ca ranura (long, narrow channel) · fr routine (fixed routine) · ja グルーヴ (pronounced, enjoyable rhythm) · pl żleb (long, narrow channel) · es canal (long, narrow channel) · it solco (long, narrow channel) · it tran tran (fixed routine) · eo ĝuebla ritmo (pronounced, enjoyable rhythm) · fi ura (fixed routine) · id asoy (pronounced, enjoyable rhythm) · eo sulko (long, narrow channel) · es acanaladura (long, narrow channel) · tr yiv (long, narrow channel) · de eingefahrene Gleise (fixed routine) · cs vyjetá kolej (fixed routine) · fi ura (long, narrow channel) · fr sillon (long, narrow channel) · it routine (fixed routine) · mi kowaka (long, narrow channel) · mi awa (long, narrow channel) · it groove (pronounced, enjoyable rhythm) · cs zářez (long, narrow channel) · it dotto (shaft in mining) · ru желобо́к (long, narrow channel) · eo kanalo (long, narrow channel) · es tonadilla (pronounced, enjoyable rhythm) · bg коловоз (fixed routine) · bg рутина (fixed routine) · ko 그루브 (pronounced, enjoyable rhythm) · es groove (pronounced, enjoyable rhythm) · la canālis (long, narrow channel) · ru привы́чка (fixed routine) · ja 溝 (long, narrow channel) · ko 홈 (long, narrow channel) · pl rutyna (fixed routine) · th ร่อง (long, narrow channel) · pt sulco (long, narrow channel) · cs rutina (fixed routine) · id ceruk (long, narrow channel) · pl koleina (long, narrow channel) · la stria (long, narrow channel) · nl groove (pronounced, enjoyable rhythm) · ota ییو (long, narrow channel) · sh жлије̑б (long, narrow channel) · de Schacht (shaft in mining) · gl groba (long, narrow channel) · it pozzo (shaft in mining) · es tranquillo (fixed routine) · es pozo (shaft in mining) · fr rainure (long, narrow channel) · ru борозда (long, narrow channel) · pt groove (pronounced, enjoyable rhythm) · de gewöhnlicher Gang (fixed routine) · sh kolotèčina (fixed routine) · de Ausschachtung (shaft in mining) · pt poço (shaft in mining) · de üblicher Ablauf (fixed routine) · ko 갱 (shaft in mining) · id lombong (shaft in mining) · ru вы́рез (long, narrow channel) · sh колотѐчина (fixed routine) · mi awaawa (long, narrow channel) · ru наре́з (long, narrow channel) · es hábito (fixed routine) · bg канал (long, narrow channel) · ru грув (pronounced, enjoyable rhythm) · pt rotina (fixed routine) · de Groove (pronounced, enjoyable rhythm) · es estría (long, narrow channel) · es ritmo (fixed routine) · nl schacht (shaft in mining) · de Rille (long, narrow channel) · ca solc (long, narrow channel) · nl routine (fixed routine) · pt ranhura (long, narrow channel) · ro canelură (long, narrow channel) · es maña (fixed routine) · ru паз (long, narrow channel) · ru колея́ (long, narrow channel) · sh žlijȇb (long, narrow channel) · fr groove (pronounced, enjoyable rhythm) · fr puits (shaft in mining) · el αυλάκωση (long, narrow channel) · ja 坑 (shaft in mining) · es rutina (fixed routine) · ru колея́ (fixed routine) · gd clais (fixed routine) · fi svengi (pronounced, enjoyable rhythm) · es surco (long, narrow channel) · es ranura (long, narrow channel) · mi tōanga (long, narrow channel) · gd clais (long, narrow channel) · bg жлеб (long, narrow channel) · it scanalatura (long, narrow channel) · ca galze (long, narrow channel) · ka ღარი (long, narrow channel) · eo rutino (fixed routine) · nl inkerving (long, narrow channel) · cs drážka (long, narrow channel) · it ritmo accattivante (pronounced, enjoyable rhythm) · cs žlábek (long, narrow channel) · grc χολέδρα (long, narrow channel) · sv spår (long, narrow channel) · de Nut (long, narrow channel) · de fester Rhythmus (fixed routine)