grope
verb
[ ɡrəʊp ]
• search blindly or uncertainly by feeling with the hands.
• "she groped for her spectacles"
Similar:
fumble,
scrabble,
fish,
ferret (about),
ferret (around),
rummage (about),
rummage (round),
rummage (around),
root about,
root around,
feel,
cast about,
cast round,
cast around,
search,
hunt,
look,
rootle around,
grabble,
roust around,
• fondle (someone) for sexual pleasure roughly or clumsily, or without the person's consent.
• "I don't want strangers groping me"
Similar:
fondle,
touch,
molest,
interfere with,
assault,
sexually assault,
abuse,
sexually abuse,
paw,
maul,
feel up,
touch up,
goose,
grope
noun
• an act of fondling someone for sexual pleasure.
• "she and Steve sneaked off for a quick grope"
Origin:
Old English grāpian, of West Germanic origin; related to gripe.
