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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024grop•er1 (grō′pər),USA pronunciation n. - a person or thing that gropes.
grop•er2 (grō′pər),USA pronunciation n. - Biology, Fisha large, purplish food fish, Achoerodus gouldii, inhabiting waters off Australia and New Zealand, characterized by an enormous gape.
- apparently alteration of grouper1, perh. by association with grope
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: groper /ˈɡrəʊpə/, grouper n ( pl -er, -ers)- any large marine serranid fish of the genus Epinephelus and related genera, of warm and tropical seas
Etymology: 17th Century: from Portuguese garupa, probably from a South American Indian word grope /groʊp/USA pronunciation v., groped, grop•ing, n. v. - to feel about with the hands;
feel one's way hesitantly: [no object]to grope around in the darkness.[~ + object]I groped my way up the dark stairs. - to search uncertainly:[~ + for]were groping for an answer to the latest crisis.
- [~ + object][Slang.]to touch or handle (someone) sexually;
fondle.
n. [countable] - an act or instance of groping.
grop•er, n. [countable] WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024grope (grōp),USA pronunciation v., groped, grop•ing, n. v.i. - to feel about with the hands;
feel one's way:I had to grope around in the darkness before I found the light switch. - to search blindly or uncertainly:He seemed to be groping for an answer to the question.
v.t. - to seek by or as if by groping:to grope one's way up the dark stairs.
- to touch or handle (someone) for sexual pleasure.
n. - an act or instance of groping.
- Slang Termsan act or instance of sexually fondling another person.
- bef. 900; Middle English gropien,, Old English grāpian, derivative of grāp grasp; akin to gripe, grasp
- 1.See corresponding entry in Unabridged fumble, probe, fish.
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