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grokking

grokking is the present participle and gerund 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 grokking

What is grokking the present participle and gerund of?
Grokking is the present participle and gerund of grok.

Words near grokking in the dictionary

  1. groking
  2. grokkable
  3. grokked
  4. grokker
  5. grokkers
  6. grokking
  7. groks
  8. groksucker
  9. groksuckers
  10. Groktard
  11. Groktards

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