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gropings

gropings is the plural of groping.

Meaning of groping

Noun

groping (plural gropings)

  1. An act of groping; a grope.
    • The theory of the civilized Greek of Sicily may be set beside the similar theory of the savage Arunta of Central Australia. Both represent gropings of the human mind in the dark abysses of the past; both were in a measure grotesque anticipations of the modern theory of evolution.1918, James George Frazer, Folk-Lore In The Old Testament, volume 1, page 44

Questions about gropings

What is gropings the plural of?
Gropings is the plural of groping.

Words near gropings in the dictionary

  1. gropeth
  2. gropey
  3. Gropian
  4. groping
  5. gropingly
  6. gropings
  7. Gropnița
  8. Gropp
  9. gropper
  10. groppers
  11. gropple

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