<p><strong>Verb</strong></p><ul><li><p>(used without object)</p><ul><li>To feel about with the hands; feel one's way: I had to grope around in the darkness before I found the light switch.</li><li>Synonyms: fish, probe, fumble.</li><li>To search blindly or uncertainly: He seemed to be groping for an answer to the question.</li></ul></li><li><p>(used with object)</p><ul><li>To seek by or as if by groping: to grope one's way up the dark stairs.</li><li>Slang: to touch or fondle (someone) for sexual pleasure, especially without the person’s consent.</li></ul></li></ul><p><strong>Noun</strong></p><ul><li>An act or instance of groping.</li><li>Slang: an act or instance of sexually fondling another person.</li></ul>