grope
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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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grope
(ɡrəʊp)vb
1. (usually foll by: for) to feel or search about uncertainly (for something) with the hands
2. (intr; usually foll by for or after) to search uncertainly or with difficulty (for a solution, answer, etc)
3. (tr) to find or make (one's way) by groping
4. (tr) slang to feel or fondle the body of (someone) for sexual gratification
n
the act of groping
[Old English grāpian; related to Old High German greifōn, Norwegian greipa; compare gripe]
ˈgropingly adv
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grope
(groʊp)v. groped, grop•ing,
n. v.i.
1. to feel about with the hands; feel one's way hesitantly: to grope around in the darkness.
2. to search blindly or uncertainly: to be groping for an answer.
v.t. 3. to seek by or as if by groping: to grope one's way up the dark stairs.
4. Slang. to touch or handle (someone) for sexual pleasure; fondle.
n. 5. an act or instance of groping.
6. Slang. an act or instance of sexually fondling another person.
grop′er, n.
grop′ing•ly, adv.
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grope
Past participle: groped
Gerund: groping
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| Noun | 1. |  grope - the act of groping; and instance of groping |
| Verb | 1. | grope - feel about uncertainly or blindly; "She groped for her glasses in the darkness of the bedroom" |
| 2. | grope - search blindly or uncertainly; "His mind groped to make the connection" | |
| 3. | grope - fondle for sexual pleasure; "He made some sexual advances at the woman in his office and groped her repeatedly" |
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grope
verb
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grope
[grəʊp]A. VI (also grope around, grope about) → andar a tientas, tantear
to grope for sth (lit, fig) → buscar algo a tientas
to grope for sth (lit, fig) → buscar algo a tientas
B. VT
2. to grope sb (sexually) → toquetear a algn
C. N (sexual) they had a grope → se estuvieron toqueteando, se estuvieron metiendo mano
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
grope
(grəup) verb to search for something by feeling with one's hands. He groped his way through the smoke; He groped for the door. andar/buscar a tientas, tantear
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grope
→ andar a tientasMultilingual Translator © HarperCollins Publishers 2009