- grok
- transitive verb (grokked; grokking) Etymology: coined by Robert A. Heinlein died 1988 American author Date: 1961 to understand profoundly and intuitively
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grok — [grok] tv. to appreciate someone or something; to relate to someone or something. □ I can really grok what you’re saying. □ I don’t quite grok that. Run it by again, would you? … Dictionary of American slang and colloquial expressions
grok — /grok/, Slang. v.t. 1. to understand thoroughly and intuitively. v.i. 2. to communicate sympathetically. [coined by Robert A. Heinlein in the science fiction novel Stranger in a Strange Land (1961)] * * * … Universalium
grok — to understand empathically, 1961, arbitrary formation by U.S. science fiction writer Robert A. Heinlein (1907 1988) in his book Stranger in a Strange Land. In popular use 1960s; perhaps obsolete now except in internet technology circles … Etymology dictionary
Grok — To grok (pronEng|ˈgrɒk) is to share the same reality or line of thinking with another physical or conceptual entity. Author Robert A. Heinlein coined the term in his best selling 1961 book Stranger in a Strange Land. In Heinlein s view of quantum … Wikipedia
GROK — сл. As in I GROK means thorough understanding … Hacker's dictionary
grok — To understand deeply. From Stranger in a Strange Land, by Robert A. Heinlein Do you grok the new process? … Dictionary of american slang
grok — To understand deeply. From Stranger in a Strange Land, by Robert A. Heinlein Do you grok the new process? … Dictionary of american slang
grok — [[t]grɒk[/t]] v. grokked, grok•king. sl. 1) cvs to understand thoroughly and intuitively 2) to communicate sympathetically • Etymology: coined by Robert A. Heinlein in the science fiction novel Stranger in a Strange Land (1961) … From formal English to slang
grok — /grɒk/ (say grok) verb (i) (grokked, grokking) Originally US Colloquial to understand intuitively; have empathy with. {coined by R. Heinlein, 1907–88, US science fiction writer, in Stranger in a Strange Land (1961) …
Grok (disambiguation) — Grok is a word invented by Robert Heinlein in his novel Stranger in a Strange Land .Grok may also refer to: * Grok Magazine , an Australian student magazineee also* Grock or Charles Adrien Wettach (1880 1959), Swiss clown * Groklaw, a law blog *… … Wikipedia
Grok (web framework) — Infobox Software name = Grok developer = Grok developers, Zope Developers, Zope Foundation latest release version = 0.14 latest release date = release date|2008|09|29 genre = Web application framework license = ZPL License ( BSD like and GPL… … Wikipedia
