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1 grope
1. intransitive verb 2. transitive verbgrope one's way [along] — sich [entlang]tasten; (fig.) [sich durch]lavieren (ugs. abwertend)
* * *[ɡrəup](to search for something by feeling with one's hands: He groped his way through the smoke; He groped for the door.) tasten* * *[grəʊp, AM groʊp]I. n2. ( 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 famshe accused him of trying to have a \grope sie warf ihm vor, er habe versucht, sie zu betatschen famII. vi tastento \grope for the right words nach den richtigen Worten suchenIII. vt1. (search)to \grope one's way sich dat tastend seinen Weg suchen* * *[grəʊp]1. vi(herum)tasten (for nach); (for words, solution) suchen (for nach)to be groping in the dark — im Dunkeln tappen
2. vttasten nach; (inf) girlfriend befummeln (inf)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)
* * *grope [ɡrəʊp]grope in the dark bes fig im Dunkeln tappen;B v/t1. tastend suchen:grope one’s way sich vorwärts tasten2. umg ein Mädchen etc befummelnC s1. Tasten n* * *1. intransitive verb2. transitive verbgrope for the right word/truth — nach dem richtigen Wort/der Wahrheit suchen
grope one's way [along] — sich [entlang]tasten; (fig.) [sich durch]lavieren (ugs. abwertend)
* * *v.tasten v.
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