grok
/grok/, /grohk/ (From the novel "Stranger in a Strange Land", by Robert A. Heinlein, where it is a Martian word meaning literally "to drink" and metaphorically "to be one with") 1. To understand, usually in a global sense. Connotes intimate and exhaustive knowledge. Contrast zen, which is similar supernal understanding experienced as a single brief flash. See also glark. 2. Used of programs, may connote merely sufficient understanding. "Almost all C compilers grok the "void" type these days." [Jargon File]Last updated: 1995-01-31
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gripenet ♦ gritch ♦ grix ♦ groff ♦ grok ♦ gronk ♦ gronked ♦ group ♦ Group 3
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