groover
/ˈɡɹuːvə(ɹ)/
groover noun: one who grooves, or enjoys rhythmic music.
Noun
groover (plural groovers)
- One who grooves, or enjoys rhythmic music.
- "Saturday Groovers" relishes in smelling "the smoke from the lungs of the Saturday groovers" with jubilant, T. Rex-like swagger, then situates the reminiscence in a present fraught with "heart disease and gout." "2009 February 17, “CD REVIEWS”, in Toronto Star
- A groovy piece of music.
- However, the title track is a total groover about the mass media's pimping of punk rock.1998, Maximum Rocknroll, number 181
- A miner.
- It [ore] is generally cloathed with a substance which the groovers call Crootes, and is a soft, mealy, white stone1772, The Lady's Magazine
- A device that makes grooves in surfaces.
- A small portable toilet often used on multiday river trips in protected wilderness areas, so named because the original versions were metal boxes whose rims left a groove in the skin of the user.
- During an early river trip back in the 1970s, shortly after this system was developed, the toilet seat was accidentally left behind, the rims of the riser left telltale indentations on everyone's bums, and the box got a nickname: the groover. (Some guides also call it the duker or the unit.)2008 July 7, Kevin Fedarko, “They Call Me Groover Boy”, in Outside
- On the river, the matter of poop is taken care of by a "groover." Nothing special, the groover is a toilet seat set atop a military-surplus ammunition can with a special liner. So named for the days before rafters discovered they could place a toilet seat atop the ammo can and instead sat on the...
- Some referred to the toilet as the "groover" in honor of the old days when there had been no toilet seat. Instead people would sit directly on the top of the ammo can, leaving telltale grooves in their skin2015 July 29, Colby Frazier, “River of No Return”, in Salt Lake City Weekly
Proper noun capitalized: Groover
Groover (plural Groovers)
- A surname.
groover meaning in Tamil
groover in Tamil
- தவாளிப்புவழங்கி
Forms of groover
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | groovers |
| Proper noun | |
| plural | Groovers |
Origin of groover
From groove + -er.
Questions about groover
- What does groover mean?
- Groover means one who grooves, or enjoys rhythmic music.
- What is groover in Tamil?
- Groover in Tamil is தவாளிப்புவழங்கி. See Groover meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is groover?
- Groover can be a noun or a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce groover?
- Groover is pronounced /ˈɡɹuːvə(ɹ)/.
- What is the plural of groover?
- The plural of groover is groovers.
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