1. to understand something intuitively or by empathy; to grasp the full meaning or essence of something
Usage: informal; originally from science fiction; now widely used in tech and general contexts

Examples

• After working with the code for weeks, she finally started grokking how the algorithm worked.
• He spent time grokking the cultural differences before moving to the new country.
• I'm still grokking the concept of quantum mechanics.
• The team is grokking the customer's needs through interviews and observation.
• Once you start grokking functional programming, it becomes much easier to write elegant code.
• She was grokking the emotional subtext of the novel as she read it.