grope

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Pronunciation 1.2 Verb 1.2.1 Translations 1.3 Noun

[edit] English

[edit] Pronunciation

• (RP) IPA: /gɹəʊp/, SAMPA: /gr@Up/
• (GenAm) IPA: /gɹoʊp/, SAMPA: /groUp/

  Rhymes: -əʊp

[edit] Verb

to grope (third-person singular simple present gropes, present participle groping, simple past and past participle groped)

1. (obsolete) To feel with or use the hands; to handle.
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 touch (another person) closely and sexually

   We'd been together 2 weeks, and have just been kissing and groping, but no sex yet.

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[edit] Noun

grope (plural gropes)

1. (informal) An act of groping, especially sexually.
2. (obsolete) an iron fitting of a medieval cart wheel
   • 1866, James Edwin Thorold Rogers, A History of Agriculture and Prices in England, Volume 1, p. 544.

     Gropes appear to be pieces of iron binding together the inner joint of the fitting, and grope-nails to have been used for fastening these to the wood.