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groovy, a.|ˈgruːvɪ|
[f. groove n. + -y1.]
1. Of or pertaining to a groove; resembling a groove.
1853O. Byrne Artisan's Hand-bk. 383 Its main purpose is to keep the surface of the ivory slightly lubricated, so that the rag may not hang to it and wear it into rings or groovy marks. 1966New Statesman 29 Apr. 623/2 The flat tops..are richly textured to resemble pieces of groovy mud.
2. fig. Having a tendency to run in ‘grooves’ (cf. groove n. 4). colloq.
1882Railway News 12 Aug. 245/1 Railway managers are apt..to get a little ‘groovy’. 1893Farmer Slang, Groovy, settled in habit; limited in mind. 1896Blackw. Mag. July 96 Schoolmasters as a class are extremely groovy.
3. Playing, or capable of playing, jazz or similar music brilliantly or easily; ‘swinging’; appreciative of such music, ‘hep’, sophisticated; hence as a general term of commendation: excellent, very good. Cf. groove n. 4 b. slang (orig. U.S.).
1937Amer. Speech XII. 46/2 Groovey, name applied to state of mind which is conducive to good playing. 1944Sat. Even. Post 13 May 89/2 A boy or girl who is really ‘groovy’ is ‘skate wacky’ or a ‘skate bug’. 1946Mezzrow & Wolfe Really Blues 52 When he was groovy..he'd begin to play the blues on a beat-up guitar. 1948Cosmopolitan Dec. 163/1 ‘I pitched a no-hit game last summer,’ said Georgie. ‘Hey, groovy,’ said Sally. 1951W. Morum Gabriel ii. vii. 225 The boys have a groovy number they want to put across. Ibid. viii. 243 It's damned silly to say that. Just because I was extemporising Bach—feeling a bit groovy. 1958Spectator 11 July 67/2 That was a good record..cool and groovy. 1959Observer 1 Nov. 7/7 To-morrow I'll tell him to go to hell, and what's so groovy is, he will. 1968Listener 5 Sept. 307/1 There are a lot of guys going round with groovy hair-styles.
Add: Hence ˈgroovily adv.
1970New Yorker 26 Sept. 7/1 A shiny room where nobody cares what you wear or how you move, the whole scene being a groovily appointed..arena. 1991Sunday Times 5 May (Review) 7/5 ‘I was working with semi-literate Glasgow schoolchildren, turning them on to books,’ she says groovily. |