by Teenali April 16, 2007
Get the grovvy mug.Unlike Itsy Bitsy and Teeny Weeny, Navvy Gravvy doesn't refer to just a small size but to a small amount. A navvy gravy is a very small amount, a little tiny bit, a very fine shaving. In common use within the Royal Dockyards where very small adjustments have to be made, by shipwrights and shipfitters, to customise components in order to get them to fit correctly. Thought to date from around the mid-nineteenth century when many tasks in shipbuilding were still carried out by 'eye', although the origins or the words themselves are not entirely clear, it is still in use today where non-standard sized items have to be adjusted to fit.
As an illustration; if a hole is drilled in a piece of metal to take a bolt, the hole is the correct size but the bolt doesn't fit. The drill is then run through the hole again and the bolt fits. Careful examination may reveal a few grains of metal dust or the tiniest finest curl of swarf removed by the drill, that tiny amount is a navvy gravvy.
As an illustration; if a hole is drilled in a piece of metal to take a bolt, the hole is the correct size but the bolt doesn't fit. The drill is then run through the hole again and the bolt fits. Careful examination may reveal a few grains of metal dust or the tiniest finest curl of swarf removed by the drill, that tiny amount is a navvy gravvy.
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Number #253 in the National pokedex, the Wood Gecko Pokèmon Grovyle is known mainly as the 2nd evolve stage of Treecko. It evolves from Treecko at level 16, and into Sceptile at level 36. It leaps from branch to branch, quickly closing in on prey from the trees. Another role Grovyle is known for is in Pokemon Mystery Dungeon 2: Explorers of Time/Darkness/Sky, where it takes on the role of your partner before losing your memory as a human in the future and transforming into a Pokemon. Ash also had a Grovyle.
by Pieluver245 November 8, 2013
Get the Grovyle mug.Opposite of square. Groovy is originally an expression from jazz, meaning musical, playable, as in a groovy record. The groove of the record has beat and soul. Something or someone groovy has beat and soul. The term was adopted by the musically inclined countercultures of beatniks and hippies.
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Get the Groovy Q mug.What you say to a teammate or friend when the immediate situation is intense and dangerous and you want to remind them to keep focused and on the job. Historically used by military elite spec op team members when they are tired, ground down, there is imminent danger, and they need to keep going to accomplish the mission.
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