verb

search blindly or uncertainly by feeling with the hands.

she groped for her spectacles

fumble,scrabble,fish,ferret (about),ferret (around),rummage (about),rummage (round),rummage (around),root about,root around,feel,cast about,cast round,cast around,search,hunt,look,rootle around,grabble,roust around

noun

an act of fondling someone for sexual pleasure.

she and Steve sneaked off for a quick grope