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grope

  [grohp] verb, groped, grop⋅ing, noun
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–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

Synonyms:
1. fumble, probe, fish.
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grope   (grōp)   
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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Word Origin & History

grope 
O.E. grapian "to feel about as one blind or in darkness," originally "to feel or handle," related to gripan "grasp at" (see gripe). Fig. sense is from c.1325. Indecent sense (marked as "obsolete" in OED) is from c.1300.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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