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groove
noun- the prevailing mood UK
- If you just stand at the side of the room waiting for the perfect track to come on, you’ll be waiting all night so you have to try to get into the groove pretty quick. — Ben Malbon, Cool Places, p. 272, 1998
- a routine; the regular way of doing something UK, 1984
- Then an old friend strolled by and told him, “You’re standing too far from the ball,” and, hey presto, he was back in the groove. — The Guardian, 29 August 2003
- a profound pleasure, a true joy US, 1946
- It’s your special groove; you can be away from the world with your special lanuage and special pleasures. — George Mandel, Flee the Angry Strangers, p. 341, 1952
- “Aren’t they a groove,” she was saying, “they’re so funny.” — Terry Southern, Candy, p. 139, 1958
- JOY: You really enjoyed it, huh? RYAN: It was a groove, it really was a groove, yeh. — Fred Baker, Events, p. 118, 1970
- It’s a groove if we decided to be Mr. or Mrs. Clean. — Jack W. Thomas, Heavy Number, p. 29, 1976
- Charlie was kind of a groove in many ways, an intelligent dude. — Stephen Gaskin, Amazing Dope Tails, p. 79, 1980
- (of music) an aesthetic pleasure in tune with the zeitgeist US
- Music where “the groove is right” or that “has the groove” suggests that it is both of quality and up to date. — Simon Warner, Rockspeak!, p. 286, 1996
- a rhythm UK
- Hep-cast are at it, the jive is on, they’re in a groove. — William Sansom, A Public for Jive [The Public’s Progress], p. 58, 1947
- the act of dancing UK
- [W]e loafed for a bit, had a bit of a groove when it starts kicking off. — Ben Malbon, Cool Places, p. 272, 1998
▶ in the groove
totally involved, at that moment, with making or enjoying music US, 1932
Originally used in jazz but has been applied to most subequent modern music forms.- Like most jazz expressions, referred first to players, and only later to fans. When the player suddenly hit his real stride, so that he improvised brilliantly and effortlessly, he was “in the groove”. — The Observer, 16 September 1956
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