grockers

When the king bangs on the wall and the Grockmonster comes out with his green coat and bockers.

He’s in his grockers

by Park Dean October 2, 2023

grockle

Tourist - annoying visitor, who disrupts the lives of residents.
One theory on the origin of this wordis from the name of the famous Swiss clown, Grock, famous in the 60's. A resident of Torquay was said to have remarked that visitors resembled grockles, little Grocks, because of their boorishness and clownish behaviour.
The word in fact originated from a strip cartoon in the children's comic Dandy entitled 'Danny and his Grockle'. (The grockle was a magical dragon-like creature.) A local man had used the term as a nickname for a small elderly lady who was in Torquay one season. The term then became generalized as a term for summer visitors.
The term became popularized because of its use by the characters in the film The System (1962), which is set in the Devon resort of Torquay during the tourist season.

"Bloody Grockles and their caravans, always jamming up the Devon lanes!"

"The seagulls are a real problem because all the grockles feed 'em chips all summer."

by Rich Pharo July 1, 2005

Grockle Tub

A grockle tub is a derogatory term for a cruise liner.

That Grockle Tub has over 4000 passengers.

by Lord Richards December 8, 2017

grock

understand,appreciate actively and profoundly, fully comprehend; also, to think about, listen to, play, or contemplate something or someone with full love and understanding, even ecstacy. Often done stoned.

(s)he spent the whole museum visit just grocking one painting. I go to the park to grock the trees. MCEscher really grocked Goedel's theorem.

by guy May 10, 2003

grock

Alternate spelling of grok.
To thoroughly understand something through the metaphorical process of drinking it in.

"I've taken calculus four times, and I still don't grock it."
"If you really groked a Stranger in a Strange Land, you wouldn't spell it 'grock'"

by Team Andy July 17, 2007

grockel

Noun; Devonian term for anyone from outside Devon, particularly Tourists. Often used in an insulting or derogitary manner.

"Look at that bleddy car, must be a bastard Grockel drivin' it, ah reckon"

by Steve Bush March 16, 2004

grockle

A holidaymaker, or one from out of town. Particularly used in the South of England, generally as a mildly derogatory term.

I wish those grockles would all go home, 'cos I can't find anywhere to park the car.

by Darren Jones December 29, 2003