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GROOVING
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Dictionary entry overview: What does grooving mean?
• GROOVING (noun)
The noun GROOVING has 1 sense:
1. the cutting of spiral grooves on the inside of the barrel of a firearm
Familiarity information: GROOVING used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
The cutting of spiral grooves on the inside of the barrel of a firearm
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Synonyms:
grooving; rifling
Hypernyms ("grooving" is a kind of...):
formation; shaping (the act of fabricating something in a particular shape)
Derivation:
groove (make a groove in, or provide with a groove)
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