palpar — meaning in English
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English meaning
- frisk verb To search someone by running your hands over their body and clothing, usually checking for hidden items.
- grope verb To feel around with the hands, especially when unable to see clearly.
- touch verb To make physical contact with something using the hand, finger, or another part of the body.
Senses
palpar is used for these senses in English:
- frisk (transitive) To search (someone) by feeling their body and clothing.
- grope (obsolete) To feel with or use the hands; to handle.
- grope 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.
- palpate To examine or otherwise explore through touch, particularly (medical) in reference to an area or organ of the human body.
- pat down (US, informal, transitive) To frisk; to check someone's body for concealed items, especially weapons.
- touch (transitive) To make physical contact with; to bring the hand, finger or other part of the body into contact with. [from 14th c.]
frisk — full definition
- verb To search someone by running your hands over their body and clothing, usually checking for hidden items.
- verb To move about playfully; to skip or leap around.
- noun The act of searching someone by hand.
grope — full definition
- verb To feel around with the hands, especially when unable to see clearly.
- verb To touch another person inappropriately or sexually without consent.