What does GROPE mean?

Definitions for GROPE
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Princeton's WordNet

  1. gropeverb

    the act of groping; and instance of groping

  2. grope, fumbleverb

    feel about uncertainly or blindly

    "She groped for her glasses in the darkness of the bedroom"

  3. gropeverb

    search blindly or uncertainly

    "His mind groped to make the connection"

  4. gropeverb

    fondle for sexual pleasure

    "He made some sexual advances at the woman in his office and groped her repeatedly"

Wiktionary

  1. gropenoun

    An act of groping, especially sexually.

  2. gropenoun

    an iron fitting of a medieval cart wheel

  3. gropeverb

    To feel with or use the hands; to handle.

  4. gropeverb

    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.

  5. gropeverb

    To touch (another person) closely and sexually

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

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. To Gropeverb

    To search by feeling in the dark; to feel without being able to see.

    How vigilant to grope mens thoughts, and to pick out somewhat whereof they might complain. John Hayward.

    They have left our endeavours to grope them out by twilight, and by darkness almost to discover that, whose existence is evidenced by light. Thomas Browne, Vulgar Errours.

    But Strephon, cautious, never meant
    The bottom of the pan to grope. Jonathan Swift.

  2. To GROPEverb

    To feel where one cannot see.

    Etymology: grapan, Saxon.

    My sea-gown scarf about me, in the dark
    Grop’d I, to find out them. William Shakespeare, Hamlet.

    We grope for the wall like the blind, and we grope as if we had no eyes. Is. lix. 10.

    They meet with darkness in the clearest light;
    And grope at noon, as if involv’d with night. George Sandys.

    A boy was groping for eels, and laid his hand upon a snake. Roger L'Estrange, Fable 131.

    This, no doubt, is better for men than that they should in the dark grope after knowledge; as St. Paul tells us all nations did after God. John Locke.

    He heard us in our course,
    And with his out-stretch’d arms around him grop’d. Addison.

    O truth divine! enlighten’d by thy ray,
    I grope and guess no more, but see my way. Arbuthnot.

Wikipedia

  1. grope

    In a sexual context, groping is the act of intentionally touching another person in a sexual manner without their consent. The term generally has a negative connotation in many societies, and the activity may be considered sexual assault or otherwise unacceptable. Touching a consenting person's body during sexual activity, a massage, or a medical examination is not usually considered groping, though the term is sometimes used to include clumsy, selfish, or inappropriate sexual touching. Areas of the body most frequently groped include the buttocks, breasts, vulva, and thighs on a woman, and the penis, testicles, and buttocks on a man. Gropers might use their hands, but pressing any part of their body against another person can be considered groping. The practice of women being subjected to a pat down by officers, such as customs or security officers at airports, is controversial. Such behaviour by public officials requires a clear legal authorization. Toucherism, considered a paraphilia, is a practice of a person touching another non-consenting person with their hands, typically in crowds, for their own sexual pleasure. Groping may be featured in pornographic films.

ChatGPT

  1. grope

    Grope generally refers to the action of feeling or searching around with hands or fingers in a cautious or tentative manner, usually due to lack of visibility or uncertainty. It can also refer to the inappropriate act of touching someone without their consent in a sexual way.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Gropeverb

    to feel with or use the hands; to handle

  2. Gropeverb

    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. Gropeverb

    to search out by feeling in the dark; as, we groped our way at midnight

  4. Gropeverb

    to examine; to test; to sound

  5. Etymology: [OE. gropen, gropien, grapien, AS. grpian to touch, grope, fr. grpan to gripe. See Gripe.]

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary

  1. Grope

    grōp, v.i. to search for something, as if blind or in the dark.—v.t. to search by feeling.—adv. Grop′ingly, in a groping manner. [A.S. grápian, to seize; allied to grab, gripe.]

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  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of GROPE in Chaldean Numerology is: 7

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of GROPE in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7

Examples of GROPE in a Sentence

  1. The Hollywood Reporter:

    I didnt grope anybody. I might have kissed somebody on the cheek to say goodbye and then licked them. Thats my thing I licked Carrie Fisher at a roast. Its me being funny. Im not trying to sexually harass people.

  2. Shawn Crowley:

    Three women, one clear pattern, pounce, kiss, grab, grope, don’t wait. When you’re a star you can do anything you want. And when they speak up about what happened, attack, humiliate them, call them liars. Call them too ugly to assault.

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