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grok  (grk)
tr.v. grok·ked, grok·king, groks Slang
To understand profoundly through intuition or empathy.
[Coined by Robert A. Heinlein in his Stranger in a Strange Land.]
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Verb1.grokgrok - get the meaning of something; "Do you comprehend the meaning of this letter?"
apprehend, comprehend, get the picture, savvy, grasp, compass, dig
understand - know and comprehend the nature or meaning of; "She did not understand her husband"; "I understand what she means"
figure - understand; "He didn't figure her"
catch on, cotton on, get it, get onto, get wise, twig, latch on, tumble - understand, usually after some initial difficulty; "She didn't know what her classmates were plotting but finally caught on"
intuit - know or grasp by intuition or feeling
digest - arrange and integrate in the mind; "I cannot digest all this information"


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Odvard Egil Dyrli on visual search tools: Grokker and related tools ... by Dyrli, Odvard Egil / District Administration
If you don't grok Starship Troopers, Stranger in a Strange Land, The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress, and Time Enough for Love, you just plain can't grok anything.
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