Grope

Quick meaning: Grope is a verb meaning To touch (another person) closely and (especially) sexually.

Meaning

To touch (another person) closely and (especially) sexually.

More Meanings

1. (informal) An act of groping, especially sexually.
2. To search or attempt to find something in the dark, or, as a blind person, by feeling; to move about hesitatingly, as in darkness or obscurity; to feel one's way, as with the hands, when one can not see.
3. To intentionally and inappropriately touch or rub against another person, in such a manner as to make the contact appear accidental, for the purpose of one's sexual gratification.
4. (obsolete) To feel with or use the hands; to handle.
5. (obsolete) To examine; to test; to sound.
6. (obsolete) An iron fitting of a medieval cart wheel.

Example Sentences

That old man groped that girl on the train!

Felix gropeth him, thinking to have a bribe.

The parents found the couple kissing and groping.

a. 1812. Joseph Stevens Buckminster, sermon to grope about a little longer among the miseries and sensualities of a worldly life

Word Forms

• gropes
• groping
• groped

Synonyms for grope

Depending on context, synonyms include touch, fumble, glaum, root, caress, touch up.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include fumble, touch, feel, fluff, paw, touches.

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