[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".
[glossary]
[Reference(s) to this entry by made by: {gronked}{power cycle}{wedged}]