Meaning

5 senses

  1. Of, pertaining to, or having grooves.

    The back of the tile was groovy so that it could hold the adhesive compound.

    rau

  2. (dated, slang)Cool, neat, interesting.

    toll, fetzig, schick

    клёвыйkljóvyj

  3. (slang)Reminiscent of the counterculture of the 1960s; hippie, psychedelic.

  4. Melodious, danceable; particularly of a riff or bassline.

  5. (obsolete)Set in one's ways.

More definitions
  • (British informal) very chic
  • excellent

Examples

3 sentences

  1. I'm having a groovy time tonight.

    sabretou · Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · C1Open on TatoebaReport a problem

  2. Tom is a groovy dude.

    Babilfrenzo · Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · C1Open on TatoebaReport a problem

  3. This song is absolutely groovy.

    sabretou · Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · C1Open on TatoebaReport a problem

Translations

6 languages
Русский
By meaning 1
cool, neat, interesting:
Deutsch
By meaning 2
having grooves:
cool, neat, interesting:

Origin

From the phrase in the groove, originally in reference to the grooves of an early phonog

From the phrase in the groove, originally in reference to the grooves of an early phonograph record.

Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0 · source

Forms

groovier, grooviest
Comparativegroovier Lesson
Superlativegrooviest Lesson

regular

Synonyms

16 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

4 related words
Derivedgroovilygroovinessgroovitudesupergroovy

Lessons for this word

2 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
groomB1groomergroovegropegrossB2

Dictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.

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