grope

grope
1. intransitive verb
tasten (for nach)

grope for the right word/truth — nach dem richtigen Wort/der Wahrheit suchen

2. transitive verb

grope one's way [along] — sich [entlang]tasten; (fig.) [sich durch]lavieren (ugs. abwertend)

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[ɡrəup]
verb
(to search for something by feeling with one's hands: He groped his way through the smoke; He groped for the door.) tasten
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grope
[grəʊp, AM groʊp]
I. n
1. (touch with hands) Griff nt, Tasten nt kein pl
2. (usu fam: clumsy touch) Fummeln nt kein pl fam, Fummelei f fam; (sexual touch) Betatschen nt kein pl, Befummeln nt kein pl fam, Begrapschen nt kein pl fam
she accused him of trying to have a \grope sie warf ihm vor, er habe versucht, sie zu betatschen fam
II. vi tasten
to \grope for sth nach etw dat tasten; (fig) nach etw dat suchen
to \grope for the right words nach den richtigen Worten suchen
III. vt
1. (search)
to \grope one's way sich dat tastend seinen Weg suchen
2. (fam: touch sexually)
to \grope sb jdn befummeln [o betatschen] fam
to \grope each other sich akk gegenseitig befummeln fam
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[grəʊp]
1. vi
(herum)tasten (for nach); (for words, solution) suchen (for nach)

to be groping in the dark — im Dunkeln tappen

groping hands — tastende Hände pl

2. vt
tasten nach; (inf) girlfriend befummeln (inf)

to grope one's way — sich vorwärtstasten

to grope (one's way) in/out — sich hinein-/hinaustasten

they are groping (their way) toward(s) a cure — sie bemühen sich darum, ein Heilmittel zu finden

3. n (inf)

to have a grope — fummeln (inf)

a quick grope — eine schnelle Fummelei (inf)

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grope [ɡrəʊp]
A v/i tasten (for nach):
grope about (oder around) herumtasten;
grope in the dark bes fig im Dunkeln tappen;
grope after (oder for) a solution nach einer Lösung suchen
B v/t
1. tastend suchen:
grope one’s way sich vorwärts tasten
2. umg ein Mädchen etc befummeln
C s
1. Tasten n
2. have a grope umg fummeln
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1. intransitive verb
tasten (for nach)

grope for the right word/truth — nach dem richtigen Wort/der Wahrheit suchen

2. transitive verb

grope one's way [along] — sich [entlang]tasten; (fig.) [sich durch]lavieren (ugs. abwertend)

* * *
v.
tasten v.

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