groped; groping
1
: to feel about blindly or uncertainly in search
grope for the light switch
2
: to look for something blindly or uncertainly
grope for the right words
3
: to feel one's way
groped along the dark passage
groper
noun
plural gropes
: an act of groping
made a grope for the light switch
And what are these clumsy, embarrassing, fumbling encounters if they are not passes, beery gropes in the dark?—
Nick Hornby
Nick HornbyExamples of grope in a Sentence
Verb
I groped for the light switch.
She groped around in her purse, looking for her comb.
We groped along the dark passage.
She claims that her boss tried to grope her.
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Leila Jordan, IndieWire, 23 June 2025
The actor later claims that Perry choked him at one point in March 2020, and that the mogul groped his buttocks in a trailer on the set of The Oval later that year.
—Wesley Stenzel, EW.com, 18 June 2025
Daniella Segura, Sacbee.com, 6 June 2025
At moments, the recorded strings grope toward a recognizable tonality, with trembling triads superimposed.
—Alex Ross, The New Yorker, 27 Jan. 2025
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Verb
Twenty men involved with the theater accused Spacey of groping and behaving inappropriately.
—Leila Jordan, IndieWire, 23 June 2025
The actor later claims that Perry choked him at one point in March 2020, and that the mogul groped his buttocks in a trailer on the set of The Oval later that year.
—Wesley Stenzel, EW.com, 18 June 2025
Noun
Deputy gropes grocery store worker during ride home In August 2019, Clark responded to a Rosamond grocery store parking lot about a fight, prosecutors said.
—Daniella Segura, Sacbee.com, 6 June 2025
At moments, the recorded strings grope toward a recognizable tonality, with trembling triads superimposed.
—Alex Ross, The New Yorker, 27 Jan. 2025
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“Grope.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/grope. Accessed 3 Jul. 2025.
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grope
verb
groped; groping
1
: to seek by or as if by feeling around uncertainly
groped for the light switch
grope for the right word
2
: to feel one's way by groping
grope along a wall
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