groove

Universal Words noun 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