to grope
35
7.4
- verb
- /ɡroʊp/
- Offensive
:
manosear
- She accused him of groping her at the party without her consent.
- groped women
- kissing and groping
- accused of groping
I said she was kicked out for groping.
- I said she was kicked out for groping.
- And she said that middle-aged drunk women love to go to Disney and grope Mickey Mouse.
- So it's flirting, it's teasing, it's groping someone's butt, it's like they're being a sexual undertone to your interactions with each other.
Examples
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She claimed Weinstein groped her in a business meeting.
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I saw you groping her.
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The guard was groping me.
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- Stop groping at me!
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He saw Roy groping your ass.
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I thought they were really going too far this time; their hands were groping over each other's backs, sides, and coat-tails.
Academic text (2007) -
If you were cute and unwary, you could get groped in the sauna.
Fiction book (2002) -
The man crawls after her, groping for her legs with his gloved hands.
Fiction book (1992) -
He's groping me!
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He's always hitting on me in rehearsals and grabbing and groping me.
Synonyms
∞
1.0
To move or use something that belongs to someone else
150
8.7
Touch or try to touch someone in a sexual way without their permission
127
9.9
To touch someone's private parts without their consent for sex
41
7.4
To touch or stroke gently to show love, often in a sexual way
4
9.9
To touch someone in a sexual way without their permission
Phrasal Verbs
How Sexual
- Offensive
35
7.4
- NSFW
41
7.4
55
3.4
∞
1.0
15
3.1
Surface Forms
Etymology
Grope also grew to mean touching someone in a sexual way without their permission because it keeps the old idea of 'feeling' someone with the hands. That's why to grope can mean an unwanted, sexual touch.