Definition of "grope" []

• To reach about uncertainly; feel one's way: groped for the telephone. (verb-intransitive)
• To search blindly or uncertainly: grope for an answer. (verb-intransitive)
• To make (one's way) by reaching about uncertainly. (verb-transitive)
• Slang To handle or fondle for sexual pleasure. (verb-transitive)
• The act or an instance of groping. (noun)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

• "But let me make one comment about what's just happened in response to what you called grope-gate, Larry."
• "a socialite's life † heidi montag and spencer pratt were busy spreading a message of 'grope' - ugh! popsugar † mischa barton is Friday October 24 2008 @ 7: 55AM"
• "It quickly necessitated figuring out how to "grope" myself discretely in public!"