groove
/ɡɹuːv/US/ɡɹuv/
groove noun: 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.
Noun
groove (plural grooves)
- 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.
- Antonyms:
- ridge
- 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.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]...
- The gregarious trifling of life in the social groove.1873, John Morley, Rousseau
- 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 feet1979, “Rapper's Delight”, performed by The Sugarhill Gang
- Let the music play / He won't get away / This groove he can't ignore1983, Chris Barbosa, Ed Chisolm, “Let the Music Play”, performed by Shannon
- 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 winner1980, Earth, Wind & Fire, “Turn It Into Something Good”, in Faces (Earth, Wind & Fire album)
- 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
- A shaft or excavation.
- The optimal route around the track, or any of several such routes.
Verb
groove (third-person singular simple present grooves, present participle grooving, simple past and past participle grooved)
- 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.1851 November 14, Herman Melville, chapter 37, in Moby-Dick; or, The Whale, 1st American edition, New York, N.Y.: Harper & Brothers; London: Richard Bentley, →OCLC, page 186
- 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 feet1977, Brainstorm, “Lovin' Is Really My Game”, in Stormin'
groove meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Bengali and Telugu
groove in Hindi
- groove, slot, notch, niche, frame
- खाँचा khā̃cā
groove in Tamil
- வரிப்பள்ளம், காடி, பொளிவாய், பாத்தி, வரிப்பள்ளமிடு், காடியெடு
groove in Bengali
- খাঁজ, ঘর, একঘেয়ে কার্যক্রম, খাঁজ কাটা
groove in Telugu
- groove
- గాడి gāḍi
More languagesFewer languages
- groove in Malayalam
- ചാൽ, പൊഴി, ഗംഭീരമനോഭാവം
- groove in Kannada
- ಕೊರಕಲು, ಹಳ್ಳ, ಉದ್ದ ಚಡಿ
- groove in Indonesian
- ceruk, asoy, lombong
- groove in Thai
- ร่อง rɔ̂ng
Examples of groove in a sentence
- 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:
- Get into the groove / Boy, you've got to prove / Your love to me / Get up on your feet / Yeah, step to the beat1985, Stephen Bray, Madonna, “Into the Groove”, in Like a Virgin, performed by Madonna:
Antonyms of groove
Forms of groove
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | grooves |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | grooves |
| present participle | grooving |
| past participle | grooved |
| past | grooved |
Origin of groove
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.
Words formed from groove
- back in the groove
- chin groove
- engroove
- Galvayne's groove
- get one's groove on
- groovebox
- groove fricative
- groove-joint pliers
- grooveless
- groovelike
- groovemeister
- groove metal
- groovesome
- groovester
- groovetastic
- groovework
- groovitude
- groovy
- infraorbital groove
- ingroove
- in the groove
- locked groove
- Meckelian groove
- microgroove
- nanogroove
- polygroove
- porn groove
- pregroove
- rare groove
- tongue and groove
- grooved
- groove on
- groover
- regroove
- ungrooved
Phrases with groove
Words that rhyme with groove
Questions about groove
- What does groove mean?
- Groove means 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.
- What is groove in Hindi?
- Groove in Hindi is खाँचा (khā̃cā). See Groove meaning in Hindi.
- How do you use groove in a sentence?
- His counterpart Neil Warnock got his tactics spot on as Chelsea struggled to get into any sort of groove in the first half.
- What part of speech is groove?
- Groove can be a noun or a verb.
- How do you pronounce groove?
- Groove is pronounced /ɡɹuːv/ (UK).
- What is the plural of groove?
- The plural of groove is grooves.
Words near groove in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: groove (page history and authors); खाँचा (Hindi) (page history and authors); groove (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); groove (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); గాడి (Telugu) (page history and authors); groove (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); groove (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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