grok
Pronunciation
  • (British) IPA: /ˈɡɹɒk/
  • (America) IPA: /ˈɡɹɑk/
Verb

grok (groks, present participle grokking; past and past participle grokked)

  1. (transitive, slang) To understand (something) intuitively, to know (something) without having to think intellectually.
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  2. (transitive, slang) To fully and completely understand something in all of its details and intricacies.
    I finally grok Perl.
    I find it exceedingly doubtful that any person groks quantum mechanics.
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