grope

grope (around/about) for (someone or something)

1. Literally, to attempt to feel or locate something using only one's hands, as in the dark or when one is blind. In the game, one person is blindfolded and they have to grope around for someone to tag. I groped about for a light switch in the pitch-black room.

2. To seek something in a blind, aimless, or uncertain manner, especially to find a solution, meaning, or sense of purpose. We've been groping for a way to pay our mortgage, but I just don't see how we'll be able to afford it. Pretty much everyone gropes around for answers at some point or another in life.

grope after (someone or something)

To try, often unsuccessfully, to touch, catch, or grasp someone or something. I groped after Sally's hand as the car came careening down the street. Tanya groped after the string, but it slipped away, and the balloon floated toward the sky.

grope at (someone or something)

To try, often unsuccessfully, to touch, catch, or grasp someone or something. I groped at Sally's hand as the car came careening down the street. Tanya groped at the string, but it slipped away, and the balloon floated toward the sky.

grope in the dark

1. Literally, to feel about without the use of one's eyes, as due to blindness or an absence of light. I was groping in the dark down in this basement for ten minutes before I could find a light switch.

2. To seek (something) in a blind, aimless, or uncertain manner, especially to find a solution, meaning, or sense of purpose. We've been groping in the dark for a way to pay our mortgage, but I just don't see how we'll be able to afford it. Pretty much everyone gropes in the dark at some point or another, trying to figure out the meaning of life.

group-grope

vulgar slang A scenario in which multiple, possibly many, people engage in sexual touching or activity. The rumor is that they used to host these creepy group-gropes at that mansion.

Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

grope (about) (for someone or something)

and grope (around) (for someone or something)

to feel around blindly for someone or something. In the darkness, he groped about for his glasses. Fran groped for the light switch and found it.

grope after someone or something

to reach for a departing or fleeing person or thing awkwardly or ineffectually. The feeble hand groped after the departing form. I groped after the cat as it ran under the bed.

grope (around)

(for someone or something) Go to grope (about) (for someone or something).

grope at someone or something

to reach for someone or something blindly. She groped feebly at the form she could hardly see. Sharon groped at Frank as he ran out to get the doctor.

group-grope

n. a real or imagined group of people engaged in sexual activities. That party turned into a hopeless group-grope.

McGraw-Hill's Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions

See also:

(one) could use (something)
cooking for one
(one) could stand (something)
drive (one) out of office
force (one) out of office
force out of office
give (one) (one's) head
give head
give somebody their head
give someone their head

References in periodicals archive

They were not clamping down on these red light areas, they were accepting them - and in most cases turning a blind eye to what was really happening down Grope Lane."

Where the streets have no SHAME! GROPE C LANE *** FONDLE STREET

A police sergeant claimed to prosecutors that the suspect alleged during questioning that he grabbed the woman to prevent her from falling in the lift and maintained that he didn't grope her.

Supervisor faces two groping charges within one week

Then I notified my sister-in-law and told her that the defendant had intended to grope me.

Businessman jailed for groping woman in mall

Summary: Defendant said victim used to grope him and kept asking him to have sex with him

Worker jailed for killing roommate over sex demands

First, he grabs her hair and then gropes her before pulling her for a kiss.

Miley Cyrus groped by fan in spain

Twitter outraged after bishop gropes Ariana Grande at Aretha Franklin's funeral

Pakistani vendor jailed for groping UAE woman

WANDERING HANDS Moment Montgomery gropes Skelton, circled

TV star Helen: I was groped while live on air; Skelton tells of ordeal when pregnant as Scots darts ace calls it 'friendly slap'

Police are hunting a serial sex attacker who gropes terrified shoppers in busy city centre streets.The man pounced on two teenagers and a woman in three separate attacks in Cardiff.

SEX PEST PREYS ON SHOPPERS

词组	grope
释义	grope grope (around/about) for (someone or something) 1. Literally, to attempt to feel or locate something using only one's hands, as in the dark or when one is blind. In the game, one person is blindfolded and they have to grope around for someone to tag. I groped about for a light switch in the pitch-black room. 2. To seek something in a blind, aimless, or uncertain manner, especially to find a solution, meaning, or sense of purpose. We've been groping for a way to pay our mortgage, but I just don't see how we'll be able to afford it. Pretty much everyone gropes around for answers at some point or another in life. See also: grope grope after (someone or something) To try, often unsuccessfully, to touch, catch, or grasp someone or something. I groped after Sally's hand as the car came careening down the street. Tanya groped after the string, but it slipped away, and the balloon floated toward the sky. See also: after, grope grope at (someone or something) To try, often unsuccessfully, to touch, catch, or grasp someone or something. I groped at Sally's hand as the car came careening down the street. Tanya groped at the string, but it slipped away, and the balloon floated toward the sky. See also: grope grope in the dark 1. Literally, to feel about without the use of one's eyes, as due to blindness or an absence of light. I was groping in the dark down in this basement for ten minutes before I could find a light switch. 2. To seek (something) in a blind, aimless, or uncertain manner, especially to find a solution, meaning, or sense of purpose. We've been groping in the dark for a way to pay our mortgage, but I just don't see how we'll be able to afford it. Pretty much everyone gropes in the dark at some point or another, trying to figure out the meaning of life. See also: dark, grope group-grope vulgar slang A scenario in which multiple, possibly many, people engage in sexual touching or activity. The rumor is that they used to host these creepy group-gropes at that mansion. Farlex Dictionary of Idioms. grope (about) (for someone or something) and grope (around) (for someone or something) to feel around blindly for someone or something. In the darkness, he groped about for his glasses. Fran groped for the light switch and found it. grope after someone or something to reach for a departing or fleeing person or thing awkwardly or ineffectually. The feeble hand groped after the departing form. I groped after the cat as it ran under the bed. See also: after, grope grope (around) (for someone or something) Go to grope (about) (for someone or something). grope at someone or something to reach for someone or something blindly. She groped feebly at the form she could hardly see. Sharon groped at Frank as he ran out to get the doctor. See also: grope McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs. group-grope n. a real or imagined group of people engaged in sexual activities. That party turned into a hopeless group-grope. McGraw-Hill's Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions See also: (one) could use (something) cooking for one (one) could stand (something) drive (one) out of office force (one) out of office force out of office give (one) (one's) head give head give somebody their head give someone their head References in periodicals archive They were not clamping down on these red light areas, they were accepting them - and in most cases turning a blind eye to what was really happening down Grope Lane." Where the streets have no SHAME! GROPE C LANE *** FONDLE STREET A police sergeant claimed to prosecutors that the suspect alleged during questioning that he grabbed the woman to prevent her from falling in the lift and maintained that he didn't grope her. Supervisor faces two groping charges within one week Then I notified my sister-in-law and told her that the defendant had intended to grope me. Businessman jailed for groping woman in mall Summary: Defendant said victim used to grope him and kept asking him to have sex with him Worker jailed for killing roommate over sex demands First, he grabs her hair and then gropes her before pulling her for a kiss. Miley Cyrus groped by fan in spain Twitter outraged after bishop gropes Ariana Grande at Aretha Franklin's funeral Pakistani vendor jailed for groping UAE woman WANDERING HANDS Moment Montgomery gropes Skelton, circled TV star Helen: I was groped while live on air; Skelton tells of ordeal when pregnant as Scots darts ace calls it 'friendly slap' Police are hunting a serial sex attacker who gropes terrified shoppers in busy city centre streets.The man pounced on two teenagers and a woman in three separate attacks in Cardiff. SEX PEST PREYS ON SHOPPERS
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