Groping

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Grope \Grope\ (gr[=o]p), v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Groped}
     (gr[=o]pt); p. pr. & vb. n. {Groping}.] [OE. gropen, gropien,
     grapien, AS. gr[=a]pian to touch, grope, fr. gr[imac]pan to
     gripe. See {Gripe}.]
     1. To feel with or use the hands; to handle. [Obs.]
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     2. To search or attempt to find something in the dark, or, as
        a blind person, by feeling; to move about hesitatingly, as
        in darkness or obscurity; to feel one's way, as with the
        hands, when one can not see.
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              We grope for the wall like the blind. --Is. lix. 10.
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              To grope a little longer among the miseries and
              sensualities ot a worldly life.       --Buckminster.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  groping
       adj : acting with uncertainty or hesitance or lack of confidence;
             "a groping effort to understand" [syn: {hesitant}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  54 Moby Thesaurus words for "groping":
     analytic, awkward, blankminded, callow, dumb, empty, empty-headed,
     examinational, examinatorial, examining, explorational,
     explorative, exploratory, fact-finding, feeling, gauche, green,
     heuristic, ignorant, inane, indagative, inexperienced, innocent,
     inspectional, inspectorial, investigational, investigative,
     investigatory, know-nothing, naive, nescient, raw, simple,
     strange to, tentative, testing, trying, unacquainted, unapprized,
     uncomprehending, unconversant, unenlightened, unfamiliar,
     unilluminated, uninformed, uninitiated, unintelligent, unknowing,
     unposted, unripe, unsure, unversed, vacuous, zetetic