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<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><title>gronk</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="../../jargon.css" type="text/css"/><meta name="generator" content="DocBook XSL Stylesheets V1.61.0"/><link rel="home" href="../index.html" title="The Jargon File"/><link rel="up" href="../G.html" title="G"/><link rel="previous" href="grok.html" title="grok"/><link rel="next" href="gronk-out.html" title="gronk out"/></head><body><div class="navheader"><table width="100%" summary="Navigation header"><tr><th colspan="3" align="center">gronk</th></tr><tr><td width="20%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="grok.html">Prev</a><EFBFBD></td><th width="60%" align="center">G</th><td width="20%" align="right"><EFBFBD><a accesskey="n" href="gronk-out.html">Next</a></td></tr></table><hr/></div><dt><a id="gronk"/><dt xmlns="" id="gronk"><b>gronk</b>: <span xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="pronunciation">/gronk/</span>, <span xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="grammar">vt.</span></dt></dt><dd><p> [popularized by Johnny Hart's comic strip
<i class="citetitle">B.C.:</i> but the word apparently predates that] </p></dd><dd><p> 1. To clear the state of a wedged device and restart it. More
severe than &#8216;to <a href="../F/frob.html"><i class="glossterm">frob</i></a>&#8217; (sense 2).
</p></dd><dd><p> 2. [TMRC] To cut, sever, smash, or similarly disable. </p></dd><dd><p> 3. The sound made by many 3.5-inch diskette drives. In particular,
the microfloppies on a Commodore Amiga go &#8220;<span class="quote">grink,
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