How to use grope in a sentence. Phrasal verb grope for something (definition of groped from the cambridge advanced learner's dictionary & thesaurus © cambridge university press) [transitive] grope somebody (informal) to touch somebody sexually, especially when they do not want you to she described how he had groped her whenever they were alone. Areas of the body most frequently groped include the buttocks, breasts, vulva, thigh, penis, and scrotum Gropers might use their hands, but pressing any part of their body against another person can be considered groping. Verb (used without object) groped, groping to feel about with the hands
I had to grope around in the darkness before i found the light switch If you grope for something that you cannot see, you search for it with your hands George groped in his pocket for his wallet. To search blindly or uncertainly To make sexual advances by touching (a person) in a way regarded as rough, awkward, inappropriate, etc To handle or fondle for sexual pleasure
From middle english gropien, from old english grāpian, related to grīpan (whence english gripe) Grope (grōp), v., groped, grop•ing, n To feel about with the hands He seemed to be groping for an answer to the question To seek by or as if by groping To grope one's way up the dark stairs.
To feel with your hands, especially in order to find or move towards something when you cannot…
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