1 a long narrow cut in the surface of sth hard:
Cut a groove 3 cm from the top of the piece of wood. * If the stylus jumps, this may be due to dust collecting in the grooves of the record.
2 (informal) a particular type of musical rhythm:
a jazz / Latin groove
IDIOMS
be (stuck) in a groove (BrE) to be unable to change sth that you have been doing the same way for a long time and that has become boring
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