Meanings
groovy1
comparative groovier · superlative grooviest · alternative groovey
- Of, pertaining to, or having grooves.
The back of the tile was groovy so that it could hold the adhesive compound.
- obsoleteSet 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.
1909, Rudyard Kipling, The House Surgeon
groovy2
comparative groovier · superlative grooviest · alternative groovey
- datedslangCool, neat, interesting.First known use popular in the 1940s and again in the 1960s–1970s
When you move me, everything is groovy.
2012, Pat Monahan (Train), Drive By (song lyrics)3 more examples
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."
1967, Brown, Joe David, ed; Time, inc, The Hippies, New York, Time, →LCCN, →OCLCBasically 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.
1969, Groovy Guide to the Guys!Well, I love it! Move really fast, reverse time, save everyone? That sounds groovy! I’m gonna have to try that some day!
2015 February 12, Tina Alexander, Daniel Baxter, “How X-Men: Days of Future Past Should Have Ended”, in How It Should Have Ended, season 7, episode 3, spoken by Superman (Daniel Baxter), How It Should Have Ended, via YouTube - 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.
2003 07, Leisure Arts, It's All in Your Imagination: How to Be Creative with Scrapbooking Papers and Embellishments, Leisure Arts, →ISBN, page 92 more examples
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.
2012 May 24, Nathan Rabin, “Film: Reviews: Men In Black 3”, in The Onion AV Club, archived from the original on 14 Aug 2013The 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.
2020 December 8, Michaelangelo Matos, Can't Slow Down: How 1984 Became Pop's Blockbuster Year, Hachette UK, →ISBN
plural groovies · alternative groovey
- datedslangA 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.
2002, Antonio Mendoza, “The Exterminating Angel”, in Teenage Rampage: The Worldwide Youth Crime Phenomenon, London: Virgin Books, →ISBN, page 77
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveexcellent
adjective(British informal) very chic
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
groovy · adjective, noun
From the phrase in the groove, originally in reference to the grooves of an early phonograph record.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Bulgarian отличен, превъзходен
- отличен (otličen)cool, neat, interesting
- превъзходен (prevăzhoden)cool, neat, interesting
Catalan genial
- genialcool, neat, interesting
Chinese Mandarin 时髦
- 时髦 (shí máo)cool, neat, interesting
Czech módní, šik
- módnícool, neat, interesting
- šikcool, neat, interesting
- skvělýcool, neat, interesting
- supercool, neat, interesting
- božícool, neat, interesting
Finnish jännä, mielenkiintoinen
- jännäcool, neat, interesting
- mielenkiintoinencool, neat, interesting
German rau, toll
- rauhaving grooves
- tollcool, neat, interesting
- fetzigcool, neat, interesting
- schickcool, neat, interesting
Indonesian asoy, sa'ik
- asoycool, neat, interesting
- sa'ikcool, neat, interesting
Italian fico
- ficocool, neat, interesting
Polish morowy, klawy
- morowycool, neat, interesting
- klawycool, neat, interesting
Portuguese bacana
- bacanacool, neat, interesting
Russian клёвый
- клёвый (kljóvyj)cool, neat, interesting
Spanish bacán, macanudo
- bacáncool, neat, interesting
- macanudocool, neat, interesting
- genialcool, neat, interesting
- guaycool, neat, interesting
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with groovy
All rhymes →Cite this entry
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