"groping" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: gropings [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} groping (plural gropings)
  1. An act of groping; a grope.
    Sense id: en-groping-en-noun-1jPiWLwP

Verb

Head templates: {{head|en|verb form}} groping
  1. present participle and gerund of grope Tags: form-of, gerund, participle, present Form of: grope
    Sense id: en-groping-en-verb-7s~Hkf8s Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 4 96

Inflected forms

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          "ref": "2012, Andrew Martin, Underground Overground: A passenger's history of the Tube, Profile Books, page 57",
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