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gronk
(foldoc) | gronk
/gronk/ Popularised by Johnny Hart's comic strip "B.C." but
the word apparently predates that.
1. To clear the state of a wedged device and restart it.
More severe than "to frob" (sense 2).
2. [TMRC] To cut, sever, smash, or similarly disable.
3. The sound made by many 3.5-inch diskette drives. In
particular, the microfloppies on a Commodore Amiga go
"grink, gronk".
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gronk
(jargon) | gronk
/gronk/, vt.
[popularized by Johnny Hart's comic strip B.C.: but the word apparently
predates that]
1. To clear the state of a wedged device and restart it. More severe than
‘to frob’ (sense 2).
2. [TMRC] To cut, sever, smash, or similarly disable.
3. The sound made by many 3.5-inch diskette drives. In particular, the
microfloppies on a Commodore Amiga go “grink, gronk”.
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gronked
(foldoc) | gronked
1. Broken. "The teletype scanner was gronked, so we took the
system down."
2. Of people, the condition of feeling very tired or (less
commonly) sick. "I've been chasing that bug for 17 hours now
and I am thoroughly gronked!" Compare broken, which means
about the same as gronk used of hardware, but connotes
depression or mental/emotional problems in people.
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gronk out
(jargon) | gronk out
vi.
To cease functioning. Of people, to go home and go to sleep. “I guess I'll
gronk out now; see you all tomorrow.”
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gronked
(jargon) | gronked
adj.
1. Broken. “The teletype scanner was gronked, so we took the system down.”
2. Of people, the condition of feeling very tired or (less commonly) sick.
“I've been chasing that bug for 17 hours now and I am thoroughly gronked!”
Compare broken, which means about the same as gronk used of hardware,
but connotes depression or mental/emotional problems in people.
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