to search or feel about blindly or uncertainly, esp with the hands

to search blindly or uncertainly

I was groping for the right words

to touch or fondle the body of (a person) for sexual pleasure, esp in a clumsy or unwelcome manner

to find (e.g. one's way) by groping

an act of groping

a feeling around blindly

a fondling of somebody, or a session of mutual fondling