Meaning & use
Grooving
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Moving or dancing rhythmically and enjoyably to music.
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The whole room was grooving to the live band by midnight.
He spent the afternoon grooving in the kitchen while cooking dinner.
A note on using this word
Popularized in mid-20th-century jazz and soul culture, 'groove' evolved from a literal record groove into slang for being in rhythmic sync with music.
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2. verb
Cutting a long, narrow channel or indentation into a surface.
The carpenter spent the morning grooving the wooden panels for the joints.
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