Definition of "gropes" []

• Plural form of grope. (noun)
• Third-person singular simple present indicative form of grope. (verb)

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• "A friend said he would have to cover his privates in embarrassment when he was 14 and visiting the market there because of the ribald comments and gropes from the women."
• "Bush "gropes" Germany's (female) chancellor Merkel"
• "Science gropes and staggers toward improved understanding."