GROOVER

groover

(noun) a device that makes grooves by cutting or punching

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Proper noun

Groover (plural Groovers)

A surname.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Groover is the 8904th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 3678 individuals. Groover is most common among White (84.28%) and Black/African American (11.42%) individuals.

Etymology

Noun

groover (plural groovers)

(colloquial) One who grooves, or enjoys rhythmic music.

(UK, dialect, Derbyshire, dated) A miner.

A device that makes grooves in surfaces.

(US, slang) A small portable toilet often used on multiday river trips in protected wilderness areas, so named because the original versions were metal boxes whose rims left a groove in the skin of the user.

Some referred to the toilet as the "groover" in honor of the old days when there had been no toilet seat. Instead people would sit directly on the top of the ammo can, leaving telltale grooves in their skin

Source: Wiktionary


Groov"er, n.

1. One who or that which grooves.

2. A miner. [Prov. Eng.] Holloway.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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Word of the Day

31 March 2025

IMPROVISED

(adjective) done or made using whatever is available; “crossed the river on improvised bridges”; “the survivors used jury-rigged fishing gear”; “the rock served as a makeshift hammer”


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