GROK

Meaning of GROK in English

■ verb ( ~s , ~king , ~ked ) US informal understand intuitively.

Origin

1960s: invented word.

Concise Oxford English vocab. Сжатый оксфордский словарь английского языка. 2004

GROK — transitive verb (~ked; ~king) Etymology: coined by Robert A. Heinlein died 1988 American author Date: 1961 to understand profoundly and …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
GROK — ˈgräk transitive verb ( grokked ; grokked ; grok·king ; groks ) Etymology: coined in the science fiction novel Stranger …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
GROK — /grok/ , Slang. v.t. 1. to understand thoroughly and intuitively. v.i. 2. to communicate sympathetically. [ coined by Robert A. …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
GROK — v. (Informal) understand thoroughly in an intuitive way, understand in an exhaustive manner
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
GROK — transitive verb ( grokked ; grok·king ) Etymology: coined by Robert A. Heinlein died 1988 American author Date: 1961 : …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
GROK — / grɒk; NAmE grɑːk/ ( -kk- ) verb [ vn ] ( US , slang ) to understand sth completely …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
GROK — To understand deeply. From _Stranger in a Strange Land_, by Robert A. Heinlein Example: Do you grok the new process?
Slang English vocab
GROK — /grok/, /grohk/ (From the novel "Stranger in a Strange Land", by Robert A. Heinlein, where it is a Martian word …
FOLDOC Computer English Dictionary
GROK — [from the novel "Stranger in a Strange Land", by Robert A. Heinlein, where it is a Martian word meaning literally …
Jargon File English vocabulary
GROK — v. See, suss.
Shadow Slang English vocab
GROK — (сокр.сетевого общения) означает полное понимание (из хайнлайна)
Англо-Русский словарь Tiger
GROK — (сокр.сетевого общения) означает полное понимание (из хайнлайна)
Англо-Русский дополнительный словарь
GROK — [грок] - глубоко понимать, разбираться, быть знатоком (например, операционной системы во всех ее тонкостях)
Англо-Русский словарь по компьютерам
GROK — сленг глубоко понимать, разбираться, быть знатоком (напр. операционной системы во всех её тонкостях)
Англо-Русский словарь по вычислительной технике и программированию
GROK — глубоко понимать, разбираться, быть знатоком ( напр. операционной системы во всех ее тонкостях )
Англо-Русский словарь компьютерных терминов
GROK — I vi AmE sl We had sort of been afraid they'd fight but instead they were rapping and grokking over the …
Новый Англо-Русский словарь современной разговорной лексики - Глазунов
GROK — I vi AmE sl We had sort of been afraid they'd fight but instead they were rapping and grokking over …
Новый Англо-Русский словарь современной разговорной лексики
GROK — grok vi AmE sl We had sort of been afraid they'd fight but instead they were rapping and grokking over …
Англо-Русский новый словарь современного неформального английского языка
GROK — I We had sort of been afraid they'd fight but instead they were rapping and grokking over the sound it …
Новый Англо-Русский словарь современного неформального английского
GROK — v. Pronunciation: ' gräk Function: transitive verb Inflected Form: grokked ; grok · king Etymology: coined by Robert A. Heinlein …
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
SPRUCE — I. ˈsprüs noun ( -s ) Usage: often attributive Etymology: from obsolete Spruce Prussia, from Middle English, alteration of Pruce, …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
ZEN — < jargon > To figure out something by meditation or by a sudden flash of enlightenment. Originally applied to bugs …
FOLDOC Computer English Dictionary
WIZARD — 1. A person who knows how a complex piece of software or hardware works (that is, who grok s it); …
FOLDOC Computer English Dictionary
UNDER THE HOOD — [hot-rodder talk] 1. The underlying implementation of a product (hardware, software, or idea). Implies that the implementation is not intuitively …
FOLDOC Computer English Dictionary
HIGH MOBY — /hi:' mohb'ee/ The high half of a 512K PDP-10 's physical address space; the other half was of course the …
FOLDOC Computer English Dictionary
GLARK — /glark/ To figure something out from context. "The System III manuals are pretty poor, but you can generally glark the …
FOLDOC Computer English Dictionary
.GF — gFx UNIX Plotting Program METAFONT Generic Font File Geometric Data Pilot Logbook for Grok File Starfleet Command - Empires At …
Computer Abbreviations English vocabulary
ZEN — To figure out something by meditation or by a sudden flash of enlightenment. Originally applied to bugs, but occasionally applied …
Jargon File English vocabulary
WIZARD — 1. Transitively, a person who knows how a complex piece of software or hardware works (that is, who grok s …
Jargon File English vocabulary
UNDER THE HOOD — [hot-rodder talk] 1. Used to introduce the underlying implementation of a product (hardware, software, or idea). Implies that the implementation …
Jargon File English vocabulary
HIGH MOBY — The high half of a 512K PDP-10 's physical address space; the other half was of course the low moby. …
Jargon File English vocabulary
GLARK — To figure something out from context. "The System III manuals are pretty poor, but you can generally glark the meaning …
Jargon File English vocabulary

Concise Oxford English vocab

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