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grokked

grokked is the simple past and past participle of grok.

Meaning of grok

Verb

grok (third-person singular simple present groks, present participle grokking or groking, simple past and past participle grokked or groked)

  1. (slang, transitive) To understand (something) intuitively, to know (something) without having to think intellectually.
    • I do not grok all fullness of what I read. In the history written by Master William Shakespeare I found myself full of happiness at the death of Romeo. Then I read on and learned that he had discorporated too soon – or so I thought I grokked. Why?1961, Robert A. Heinlein, Stranger in a Strange Land, New York: Avon, →OCLC, page 106
  2. (slang, transitive) To fully and completely understand something in all of its details and intricacies.
    • I finally grok Perl.

Questions about grokked

What is grokked the simple past and past participle of?
Grokked is the simple past and past participle of grok.

Words near grokked in the dictionary

  1. groke
  2. groked
  3. grokes
  4. groking
  5. grokkable
  6. grokked
  7. grokker
  8. grokkers
  9. grokking
  10. groks
  11. groksucker

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