Synonyms for grooving

Grammar : Adj, verb

Spell : groov

Phonetic Transcription : gruv

Top 10 synonyms for grooving

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Définition of grooving

Origin : c.1400, "cave, mine, pit" (late 13c. in place names), from a Scandinavian source, cf. Old Norse grod "pit," or from Middle Dutch groeve "furrow, ditch," both from Proto-Germanic *grobo (cf. Old Norse grof "brook, river bed," Old High German gruoba "ditch," Gothic groba "pit, cave," Old English græf "ditch"), related to grave (n.). Sense of "long, narrow channel or furrow" is 1650s. Meaning "spiral cut in a phonograph record" is from 1902. Figurative sense of "routine" is from 1842, often deprecatory at first, "a rut."

As in merry : adj very happy; festive
As in sprightly : adj fun, vivacious
As in festive : adj decorated, celebratory
As in approve : verb allow, authorize
As in score : verb cut, nick
As in overjoy : verb delight
As in delight : verb make happy; experience happiness
As in dig : verb enjoy, like
As in fold : verb lay in creases
As in gouge : verb cut, scoop
As in hollow : verb empty out; make concave

Example sentences :

It is also occasionally used to signify channeling or grooving.
Extract from : « Time Telling through the Ages » by Harry Chase Brearley

(c) Smooth rolls usually run at approximately even speeds and, as their name denotes, devoid of any grooving.
Extract from : « The Preparation of Plantation Rubber » by Sidney Morgan

Similarly various types of grooving are cut in the intermediate rolls.
Extract from : « The Preparation of Plantation Rubber » by Sidney Morgan

There were signs of previous glaciation in the form of erratics and many examples of polishing and grooving.
Extract from : « The Home of the Blizzard » by Douglas Mawson

A moment later he was grooving a white trail of foam out into the bay.
Extract from : « The Pursuit » by Frank (Frank Mackenzie) Savile

With the grooving or rifling of the barrel, the accuracy was greatly improved and the arm adapted to conical bullets.
Extract from : « Pistol and Revolver Shooting » by A. L. A. Himmelwright

The guide on the grooving plane thus works against each face of the joint, and this ensures correct jointing.
Extract from : « Woodwork Joints » by William Fairham

Instantly from a point dead ahead rose another, grooving into the echo of the first in a staccato yelp.
Extract from : « Bred of the Desert » by Marcus Horton

So called on account of the form of grooving adopted for taking the under side of the table.
Extract from : « The Story of The Atlantic Cable » by Charles Bright

Twenty-five years old, and already lines were grooving both sides of his nostrils.
Extract from : « The Black Tide » by Arthur G. Stangland

Antonyms for grooving

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