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Thesaurus: grope

To feel with or use the hands; to handle.

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  1. v. i. To feel with or use the hands; to handle.
  2. v. i. 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. v. t. To search out by feeling in the dark; as, we groped our way at midnight.
  4. v. t. To examine; to test; to sound.
  5. n. the act of groping; and instance of groping
  6. v. feel about uncertainly or blindly
  7. v. search blindly or uncertainly
  8. v. fondle for sexual pleasure
  9. n:4/v:96 n. the act of groping; and instance of groping v. feel about uncertainly or blindly v. search blindly or uncertainly v. fondle for sexual pleasure