grok

Etymology
in his novel . Heinlein invented the word for his fictitious Martian language. It is described as meaning “to drink” and, figuratively, “to drink in all available aspects of reality”, “to become one with the observed”. later asked Heinlein if it could have been inspired by the term griggo, which featured in Tenn's 1949 ; Heinlein “looked startled, then thought about it for a long time (and) shrugged, (saying) ‘It's possible, very possible.’”

Verb

 * 1)  To understand (something) intuitively, to know (something) without having to think intellectually.
 * 2)  To fully and completely understand something in all of its details and intricacies.
 * 1)  To fully and completely understand something in all of its details and intricacies.
 * 1)  To fully and completely understand something in all of its details and intricacies.
 * 1)  To fully and completely understand something in all of its details and intricacies.
 * 1)  To fully and completely understand something in all of its details and intricacies.
 * 1)  To fully and completely understand something in all of its details and intricacies.

Usage notes
is used mainly by the geek subculture, though it was heavily used by the counterculture of the 1960s, as evidenced by its repeated appearance in Tom Wolfe's “.”

Translations

 * French:, ,
 * German:, ,
 * Italian: groccare
 * Russian: гро́кать, ,
 * Slovene:
 * Spanish:
 * Turkish:


 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Esperanto: povoscii
 * French: ,
 * German: ,
 * Italian: groccare
 * Russian: гро́кать, ,
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Slovene:
 * Spanish:
 * Turkish: ,


 * Japanese: