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grope

(grōp)

v. groped, grop·ing, gropes

v.intr.

1. To reach about uncertainly; feel one's way: groped for the telephone.

2. To search blindly or uncertainly: grope for an answer.

v.tr.

1. To make (one's way) by reaching about uncertainly.

2. Slang To handle or fondle for sexual pleasure.

The act or an instance of groping.

[Middle English gropen, from Old English grāpian.]

grop′er n.

grop′ing·ly adv.

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groper

(ˈɡrəʊpə) or

grouper

n, pl -er or -ers

(Animals) any large marine serranid fish of the genus Epinephelus and related genera, of warm and tropical seas. Also called: garoupa

[C17: from Portuguese garupa, probably from a South American Indian word]

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