Grop

Grop is a rarely used or archaic variant spelling of the English verb grope. In modern English, the standard spelling is grope, which means to feel about with the hands, as when searching for an object in the dark, or to search for information by feel rather than by sight. The form grop appears primarily in older texts, historical documents, or dialect writings and is generally considered obsolete outside of quotations. The sense is the same as grope, and grop is not commonly used in contemporary writing.

As an acronym, GROP can appear in different, unrelated contexts. Because acronyms are highly context-dependent, there is no single universally recognized meaning for GROP. If encountered, its definition should be derived from the organization, field, or document where it appears.

In linguistic usage, some editors note that grop may be a typographical variant or misspelling of grope. In any professional or scholarly setting, modern spelling grope is preferred except when quoting historical material or referencing the archaic variant itself.