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grope
[grohp]
verb (used without object)
to feel about with the hands; feel one's way.
I had to grope around in the darkness before I found the light switch.
to search blindly or uncertainly.
He seemed to be groping for an answer to the question.
verb (used with object)
to seek by or as if by groping.
to grope one's way up the dark stairs.
Slang., to touch or fondle (someone) for sexual pleasure, especially without the person’s consent.
noun
an act or instance of groping.
Slang., an act or instance of sexually fondling another person.
grope
/ ɡrəʊp /
verb
to feel or search about uncertainly (for something) with the hands
(intr; usually foll by for or after) to search uncertainly or with difficulty (for a solution, answer, etc)
(tr) to find or make (one's way) by groping
slang, (tr) to feel or fondle the body of (someone) for sexual gratification
noun
the act of groping
Other Word Forms
- gropingly adverb
Word History and Origins
Word History and Origins
Origin of grope1
Example Sentences
This included comments about their appearance, harassment, leering and groping.
The email goes on to say that the masseuse and another girl were directed to sit on Andrew's knee in Epstein's New York flat, and that he groped both girls.
A BBC investigation two years ago was told that workers, some as young as 17, were being groped and harassed.
From a leg-stump line, the ball appeared to then move in the air in the opposite direction, past Cook's crooked grope to kiss the top of off stump.
Kathleen had been abused as a young girl when she lived in Dublin, Ireland, and she said when West was groping her, she thought "it was the norm".
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