English
Pronunciation
(Received Pronunciation|UK) IPA|/gɹ��p/, SAMPA|/gr@Up/
(General American|US) IPA|/gɹo�p/, SAMPA|/groUp/
:Rhymes: Rhymes:English:-��p|-��p
Verb
grope (gropes, groped, groping)
- obsolete To feel with or use the hands; to handle.
- 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.
- To touch (another person) closely and sexually
#:We'd been together 2 weeks, and have just been kissing and groping, but no sex yet.
Noun
grope (plural gropes)
#obsolete an iron fitting of a medieval cart wheel
#:Quotations
#:*1866: 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. — James Edwin Thorold Rogers, A History of Agriculture and Prices in England, Volume 1, p. 544.
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