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grope    Audio Help   [grohp] Pronunciation Key verb, groped, grop·ing, noun
–verb (used without object)
1.to feel about with the hands; feel one's way: I had to grope around in the darkness before I found the light switch.
2.to search blindly or uncertainly: He seemed to be groping for an answer to the question.
–verb (used with object)
3.to seek by or as if by groping: to grope one's way up the dark stairs.
4.to touch or handle (someone) for sexual pleasure.
–noun
5.an act or instance of groping.
6.Slang. an act or instance of sexually fondling another person.

[Origin: bef. 900; ME gropien, OE grāpian, deriv. of grāp grasp; akin to gripe, grasp]

1. fumble, probe, fish.
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grope    Audio Help   (grōp)  Pronunciation Key 
v.   groped, grop·ing, gropes

v.   intr.
  1. To reach about uncertainly; feel one's way: groped for the telephone.
  2. To search blindly or uncertainly: grope for an answer.

v.   tr.
  1. To make (one's way) by reaching about uncertainly.
  2. Slang To handle or fondle for sexual pleasure.

n.   The act or an instance of groping.


[Middle English gropen, from Old English grāpian.]

grop'er n., grop'ing·ly adv.
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