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groovy

AdjektivAdjektivSubstantivin Dialogen belegt

  • //ˈɡɹuvi//

Of, pertaining to, or having grooves.

Adjektiv

  1. 1

    Of, pertaining to, or having grooves.

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

  2. 2

    veraltetSet in one's ways.

    She'd give anything to be able to believe it, but she's a hard woman, and brooding along certain lines makes one groovy.

Herkunft

Etymology tree English groove Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Germanic *-gaz Proto-West Germanic *-g Old English -iġ Middle English -y English -y English groovy From groove + -y.

Adjektiv

  1. 1

    veraltendCool, neat, interesting.

    The hippies do not often try to define the feelings they experience under the influence of psychedelic drugs. Generally they just say, "Oh, groovy, man," or simply, "Wow."

    Basically Bobby’s just a hard-working, highly creative, friendly, groovy guy who’s got a lot of things he wants to do and is in a hurry to try them all.

    When you move me, everything is groovy.

    Well, I love it! Move really fast, reverse time, save everyone? That sounds groovy! I’m gonna have to try that some day!

  2. 2

    SlangReminiscent of the counterculture of the 1960s; hippie, psychedelic.

    Groovy designs by Cyndi Bright and colorful 1960's-inspired papers and accessories, featuring plenty of mod flower, funky stickers, and new Spring colors.

    Men In Black 3 lacks the novelty of the first film, and its take on the late ’60s feels an awful lot like a psychedelic dress-up party, all broad caricatures and groovy vibes.

    The exchange was not unlike a post-bop version of Alex P. Keaton, the Reaganite teenager played by Michael J. Fox on the NBC sitcom Family Ties, which debuted in 1982, at intellectual odds with his groovy hippie parents.

  3. 3

    Melodious, danceable; particularly of a riff or bassline.

Herkunft

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

Substantiv

  1. 1

    veraltendA trendy and fashionable person.

    He also stole a $100-dollar bill from his father's wallet and gave it to a couple of the other Goth kids. […] Nevertheless, all this didn't give him the social status he coveted from his gloomy groovies.

Formen

Plural
groovies
Komparativ
groovier
Superlativ
grooviest
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