groping
[ groh-ping ]
/ ˈgroʊ pɪŋ /
adjective
moving or going about clumsily or hesitantly; stumbling.
showing or reflecting a desire to understand, especially something that proves puzzling: a groping scrutiny; a groping expression.
Words nearby groping
grooved fricative, grooving saw, groovy, grope, groper, groping, gropius, gropius, walter, gropper, gros, gros de londres
OTHER WORDS FROM groping
grop·ing·ly, adverbDefinition for groping (2 of 2)
grope
[ grohp ]
/ groʊp /
verb (used without object), groped, grop·ing.
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), groped, grop·ing.
to seek by or as if by groping: to grope one's way up the dark stairs.
to touch or handle (someone) for sexual pleasure.
noun
an act or instance of groping.
Slang. an act or instance of sexually fondling another person.
Origin of grope
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grope
/ (ɡrəʊp) /
verb
(intr usually foll by for) 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
(tr) slang to feel or fondle the body of (someone) for sexual gratification
noun
the act of groping
Derived forms of grope
gropingly, adverbWord Origin for grope
Old English grāpian; related to Old High German greifōn, Norwegian greipa; compare gripe
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