groper
1[ groh-per ]
/ ˈgroʊ pər /
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noun
a person or thing that gropes.
Slang. a person who touches or fondles someone for sexual pleasure, especially without the person’s consent.
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Other definitions for groper (2 of 2)
groper2
[ groh-per ]
/ ˈgroʊ pər /
noun
a large, purplish food fish, Achoerodus gouldii, inhabiting waters off Australia and New Zealand, characterized by an enormous gape.
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How to use groper in a sentence
Nail gropers, people who sweep the streets in search of old iron, nails, &c.
Sinks of London Laid Open|UnknownHe was continually surrounded at his work by a school of gropers, averaging a foot in length.
The boots are for one's own guidance; the toque illuminante is to show other gropers in the darkness that one's coming.
You see, that's what we gropers after the light are trying to make possible.
The Return of Peter Grimm|David Belasco
British Dictionary definitions for groper
groper
grouper
/ (ˈɡrəʊpə) /
noun plural -er or -ers
any large marine serranid fish of the genus Epinephelus and related genera, of warm and tropical seasAlso called: garoupa
Word Origin for groper
C17: from Portuguese garupa, probably from a South American Indian word
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