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Definitions for GROPING
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Princeton's WordNet
gropingadjective
acting with uncertainty or hesitance or lack of confidence
"a groping effort to understand"
Wiktionary
gropingnoun
An act of groping; a grope.
Wikipedia
Groping
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.
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groping
Groping refers to the act of touching or feeling someone's body in a sexual manner, typically without their consent. It involves the use of hands or fingers to touch another individual's intimate or sensitive areas, such as their breasts, buttocks, or genitals. Groping is considered a form of sexual harassment or assault and is illegal in many jurisdictions.
Webster Dictionary
Groping
of Grope
Wikidata
Groping
When used in a sexual context, groping is touching or fondling another person in a sexual way using the hands; it generally has a negative connotation, and is considered molestation in most societies. The term 'frotteurism' may be applied when a person rubs up against another person, typically using their sexual parts. Touching a consenting person's body during sexual activity, massage, or 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, 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 incidence of groping varies around the world, and some countries have acquired a reputation for it. In some countries, it is common for a woman's buttocks to be pinched or slapped in a crowded area. In many countries, unwelcome groping or touching of any part of another person's body is illegal, but in almost all countries it is considered unacceptable behaviour. Italy used to have a reputation for men pinching women's bottoms, and the term groping could perhaps be applied, but it was not a common term at that time. Japan has a reputation for females being groped on trains and buses to the extent that the authorities have implemented anti-groping campaigns, which has received considerable media attention and been the subject of serious study in recent years.
Dictionary of Nautical Terms
groping
An old mode of catching trout by tickling them with the hands under rocks or banks. Shakspeare makes the clown in "Measure for Measure" say that Claudio's offence was-- "Groping for trouts in a peculiar river."
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of GROPING in Chaldean Numerology is: 2
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of GROPING in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5
Examples of GROPING in a Sentence
My darkness has been filled with the light of intelligence, and behold, the outer day-lit world was stumbling and groping in social blindness.
(The market is) still groping for direction.
The market is still groping for direction.
Actor Cuba Gooding Jr. arriving at the New York Police Department's Special Victim's Unit last week to face allegations he groped a woman at a city nightspot. ( AP Photo/Mark Lennihan) On Monday, Mark Heller, Mark Heller, denied Oshrys allegations in a comment to E ! Fox News and said Gooding didnt recognize or remember Jackie Oshry at all. CUBA GOODING JR. SAYS I TRUST THE SYSTEM AS HE REVEALS PLAN TO SURRENDER TO POLICE OVER GROPING CLAIMS Cuba says this incident never happened and he has no recollection of this individual either.
I don't believe Cuomo would pardon himself, because the groping crime he’s under investigation for in the Commisso complaint is (a) considered a misdemeanor and not very serious (i.e., it’s not considered felony sexual assault), and (b) he has vigorously denied the allegation and a pardon would be tantamount to a confession of guilt.
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- يتلمس طريقهArabic
- TastenGerman
- ψαχούλεμαGreek
- palpanteEsperanto
- tanteandoSpanish
- گریپینگPersian
- tâtonnantFrench
- तलाHindi
- meraba-rabaIndonesian
- tentoniItalian
- מגששHebrew
- 模索Japanese
- ತಡಕಾಡುವುದುKannada
- tentansLatin
- betastenDutch
- famlendeNorwegian
- po omackuPolish
- tateandoPortuguese
- ощупьюRussian
- தடுமாறிக்Tamil
- పట్టుకోవడంTelugu
- el yordamıylaTurkish
- намацуючиUkrainian
- 咸豬手Chinese
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