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gropes

gropes is the plural of grope.

gropes is the third-person singular simple present indicative of grope.

Meaning of grope

Noun

grope (plural gropes)

  1. (informal) An act of groping, especially sexually.
    • The old man tried to get a quick grope of the young lady on the train.
  2. (obsolete) An iron fitting of a medieval cart wheel.
    • Gropes appear to be pieces of iron binding together the inner joint of the fitting, and grope-nails to have been used for fastening these to the wood.1866, James Edwin Thorold Rogers, A History of Agriculture and Prices in England, volume 1, page 544

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Questions about gropes

What is gropes the plural of?
Gropes is the plural of grope.

Words near gropes in the dictionary

  1. gropefests
  2. groper
  3. groperies
  4. gropers
  5. gropery
  6. gropes
  7. gropest
  8. gropeth
  9. gropey
  10. Gropian
  11. groping

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