1 [V] ~ (around / for sth) to try and find sth that you cannot see, by feeling with your hands:
I groped for the light switch. * He groped around in the dark for his other sock. * She groped for the railing to steady her as she fell. * (figurative) 'It's so..., so...' I was groping for the right word to describe it.
2 [+adv./prep.] to try and reach a place by feeling with your hands because you cannot see clearly:
[VN] He groped his way up the staircase in the dark. * [V] She groped through the darkness towards the doors.
3 [VN] (informal) to touch sb sexually, especially when they do not want you to
noun (informal) an act of groping sb (= touching them sexually)
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This is a English–English dictionary entry.
Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
This word also appears under other sources in Lughet's collection — see the list below.
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Is grope a noun, verb, or something else?
In this entry, grope is tagged as verb.
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