groovy
groovy Lexical Profile
groovy Game Scores & Validity
• adjective
Fashionable, exciting, and admirably cool or enjoyable (originally 1960s and 1970s slang).
"She decorated her apartment with groovy vintage posters and lava lamps from the seventies."
Having a captivating, steady, and infectious musical rhythm or beat.
"The bassist laid down a groovy funk line that immediately got the crowd dancing."
Having or marked with physical grooves, furrows, or ridges.
"The carpenter sanded down the groovy surface of the weathered plank until it was completely smooth."
Word Nuance & Usage
Strongly associated with the counterculture of the 1960s and 1970s; today it is often used playfully, nostalgically, or ironically rather than as current slang.
• Rhymes for groovy
Word Origin & Etymology
Originated in the 1930s American jazz scene from the phrase 'in the groove,' referring to the needle of a record player tracking smoothly in the groove of a vinyl record and, by extension, to music played with effortless rhythmic perfection.