1
as in scratching
to mark with or as if with a line or groove
if you groove that piece of wood, we should be able to fit this smaller board into it
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as in blending
to form a pleasing relationship
surprisingly, his flighty, artistic sensibility and her no-nonsense practicality groove together rather well
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Recent Examples of grooving
And people are grooving, people are dancing, people are moving, people are touching, people are feeling, people are smiling, and that's a good feeling.
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Ilana Kaplan, PEOPLE, 24 Oct. 2025
Brandy and Monica were on their feet for almost every song, grooving alongside a captivating ensemble of dancers who flowed through hip hop and contemporary dance styles.
—Tamia Fowlkes, jsonline.com, 18 Oct. 2025
Rodgers is grooving in Arthur Smith’s system that plays to his strengths.
—Steven Louis Goldstein, New York Times, 16 Oct. 2025
And sure enough, Hamm (a frequent SNL host himself) popped up in the audience wearing that Hawaiian shirt and bucket hat, still grooving to the music.
—Dave Nemetz, TVLine, 4 Oct. 2025
Two robots can be seen grooving to a light dance routine.
—Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 22 Sep. 2025
The event is recognized as one of the top music festivals in the South, but Standard Deluxe is grooving all year long with a calendar full of concerts.
—Jennifer Stewart Kornegay, Southern Living, 3 Sep. 2025
Ilana Kaplan, PEOPLE, 24 Oct. 2025
Brandy and Monica were on their feet for almost every song, grooving alongside a captivating ensemble of dancers who flowed through hip hop and contemporary dance styles.
—Tamia Fowlkes, jsonline.com, 18 Oct. 2025
Rodgers is grooving in Arthur Smith’s system that plays to his strengths.
—Steven Louis Goldstein, New York Times, 16 Oct. 2025
And sure enough, Hamm (a frequent SNL host himself) popped up in the audience wearing that Hawaiian shirt and bucket hat, still grooving to the music.
—Dave Nemetz, TVLine, 4 Oct. 2025
Two robots can be seen grooving to a light dance routine.
—Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 22 Sep. 2025
The event is recognized as one of the top music festivals in the South, but Standard Deluxe is grooving all year long with a calendar full of concerts.
—Jennifer Stewart Kornegay, Southern Living, 3 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for grooving
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The Dallas Cowboys have made some head-scratching moves in 2025 dating back to the preseason, which have both strengthened the interior of the defensive line but also added confusion about the future of the unit.—
Max Dible,
MSNBC Newsweek,
11 Nov. 2025
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Many see Horton as only just scratching the surface.—
Sahadev Sharma,
New York Times,
11 Nov. 2025
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Using his falsetto vocals, this was one of the songs of the summer, blending '80s synth-pop and new wave, with touches of '70s-era funk and blues.—
Andy Hoglund,
Entertainment Weekly,
9 Nov. 2025
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From buffing foundation to blending eyeshadow, each brush delivers pro-level results thanks to soft bristles and sleek designs.—
Toni Sutton,
PEOPLE,
9 Nov. 2025
Verb
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At a time when the Mavericks need as much good will, or PR, as possible, filing a lawsuit against the Dallas Stars is petty, small and mean.—
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
11 Nov. 2025
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Raskin, the top Democrat on the House Judiciary Committee, wrote in a letter to Trump that Maxwell is working on filing a commutation application, citing an unnamed whistleblower.—
Erin Mansfield,
USA Today,
10 Nov. 2025
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Even prior to the coup, the system was set up such that all proceeds from sales by state-enterprises like MTE were deposited into the Myanmar Foreign Trade Bank’s roughly 50 accounts in corresponding banks across the world.—
Miami Herald,
Miami Herald,
7 Nov. 2025
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Ingredients vary in their duration, with a higher concentration of the active ingredient generally corresponding to longer-lasting effects.—
BestReviews,
Mercury News,
5 Nov. 2025
Verb
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Since the drugs have come on the market, declines in obesity rates have been higher among those between ages 40 and 64, correlating with a higher reliance on GLP-1 medications for that age group.—
Yuki Noguchi,
NPR,
28 Oct. 2025
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I’t’s correlating to an appetite for audiences to want to talk about it.—
Lily Ford,
HollywoodReporter,
11 Oct. 2025
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“Grooving.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/grooving. Accessed 18 Nov. 2025.
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