grope
🇺🇸
/ɡrəʊp/
🇬🇧
/ɡrəʊp/
verb
R
to feel with your hands to find something you cannot see
He had to grope for the light switch in the dark room.
R
to move by feeling with your hands when you cannot see well
She had to grope her way along the wall to find the exit.
R
to touch someone sexually without their consent
It is wrong to grope someone without their permission.
noun
R
an unwanted sexual touch
The unwanted grope made her feel uncomfortable.
translation
to feel with your hands to find something you cannot see; to move by feeling with your hands when you cannot see well; to touch someone sexually without their consent
an unwanted sexual touch
Word Forms
3rd Present
gropes
Past
groped
Perfect
groped
Progressive
groping
Plural
gropes