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verbgropple (third-person singular simple present gropples, present participle groppling, simple past and past participle groppled)
present singular third person gropples · participle present groppling · participle past groppled · past groppled
- archaicintransitiverareTo grope about.
Above the junction the little weedy, bright, creeping brooks, afforded good sport for small truants groppling about with their hands, or bobbing with lobworms under the hollow banks, but were not available for the scientific angler.
1861, Thomas Hughes, Tom Brown at Oxford: A Sequel to School Days at Rugby, page 760
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gropple. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/gropple
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“gropple.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/gropple. Accessed November 3, 2026.
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WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “gropple,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/gropple.
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