Gronk

2 definitions found

From Jargon File (4.3.1, 29 Jun 2001) [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".


  
  

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03) [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".
       
          [{Jargon File}]