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   grope

   /ɡrəʊp/

   verb

   • 1. search blindly or uncertainly by feeling with the hands: "she groped for her spectacles" Similar fumblescrabblefishferret (about)ferret (around)rummage (about)rummage (round)rummage (around)root aboutroot aroundfeelcast aboutcast roundcast aroundsearchhuntlookinformal:rootle aroundrare:grabbleroust around
   • ▪ move along uncertainly by feeling objects as one goes: "she blew out the candle and groped her way to the door"
   • ▪ search uncertainly for (a word or answer) in one's mind: "she was groping for the words which would express what she thought"
   • 2. fondle (someone) for sexual pleasure roughly or clumsily, or without the person's consent: informal "I don't want strangers groping me" Similar fondletouchmolestinterfere withassaultsexually assaultabusesexually abuseinformal:pawmaulfeel uptouch upgoose

   noun

   • 1. an act of fondling someone for sexual pleasure: informal "she and Steve sneaked off for a quick grope"

   Word Origin Old Englishgrāpian, of West Germanic origin; related to gripe.

   Derivatives

   • 1. gropingly adverb

   Scrabble Points: 8

   • G

     2

   • R

     1

   • O

     1

   • P

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   • E

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