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Definitions for Groping

[1] moving or going about clumsily or hesitantly; stumbling.
[2] showing or reflecting a desire to understand, especially something that proves puzzling: a groping scrutiny; a groping expression.
[3] to feel about with the hands; feel one's way: I had to grope around in the darkness before I found the light switch.
[4] to search blindly or uncertainly: He seemed to be groping for an answer to the question.
[5] to seek by or as if by groping: to grope one's way up the dark stairs.
[6] to touch or handle (someone) for sexual pleasure.
[7] an act or instance of groping.
[8] Slang . an act or instance of sexually fondling another person.
[9] (intr usually foll by for ) to feel or search about uncertainly (for something) with the hands
[10] (intr; usually foll by for or after) to search uncertainly or with difficulty (for a solution, answer, etc)
[11] (tr) to find or make (one's way) by groping
[12] (tr) slang to feel or fondle the body of (someone) for sexual gratification
[13] the act of groping

Words related to Groping

flounder, search, poke, handle, root, fish, explore, examine, fumble, touch, pry, manipulate, finger, scrabble, grabble

Words nearby Groping

grooved fricative, grooving saw, groovy, grope, groper, groping, gropius, gropius, walter, gropper, gros, gros de londres

Origin of Groping

ebefore 900; Middle English gropien, Old English grāpian, derivative of grāp grasp; akin to gripe, grasp

Other words from Groping

grop·ing·ly , adverb

Word origin for Groping

eOld English grāpian; related to Old High German greifōn, Norwegian greipa; compare gripe

Synonyms for Groping

cast about, flounder, examine, explore, finger, fish, fumble, handle, manipulate, poke, pry, root, scrabble, search, touch, feel blindly, grabble