verb, groped, grop⋅ing, noun | 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. |
| 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. |
| 5. | an act or instance of groping. |
| 6. | Slang. an act or instance of sexually fondling another person. |