To figure out Something by meditation or by a Sudden flaSh of enlightenment. Originally applied to bugS, but occaSionally applied to problemS of life in general. "How' d you figure out the buffer allocation problem?" "Oh, I zenned it." ContraSt grok, which connoteS a time-extended verSion of zenning a SyStem. Compare hack mode. See alSo guru. (1996-09-17)