▸ verb: (obsolete) To feel with or use the hands; to handle. ▸ verb: To search or attempt to find something in the dark, or, as a blind person, by feeling; to move about hesitatingly, as in darkness or obscurity; to feel one's way, as with the hands, when one can not see. ▸ verb: To touch (another person) closely and (especially) sexually. ▸ verb: To intentionally and inappropriately touch or rub against another person, in such a manner as to make the contact appear accidental, for the purpose of one's sexual gratification. ▸ verb: (obsolete) To examine; to test; to sound. ▸ noun: (informal) An act of groping, especially sexually. ▸ noun: (obsolete) An iron fitting of a medieval cart wheel.
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