When you grope for something, you try to get a grip on it. If you drop your flashlight in a dark cave, you might grope around for it. Beware of snakes!
To intentionally and inappropriately touch or rub against another person, in such a manner as to make the contact appear accidental, for the purpose of one's ...
GROPE meaning: 1 : to search for something by reaching or touching usually with your fingers in an awkward way often used figuratively; 2 : to move forward ...
[intransitive] grope (around) (for something) to try and find something that you cannot see, by feeling with your hands. He groped around in the dark for ...