grapejar

From grapa (“paw”) +‎ -ejar. First attested in 1803.

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ɡɾə.pəˈʒa]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ɡɾa.peˈd͡ʒaɾ]

grapejar (first-person singular present grapejo, first-person singular preterite grapegí, past participle grapejat); root stress: (Central) /ɛ/; (Valencia) /e/; (Balearic) /ə/

1. (colloquial) to touch carelessly, to grope, to feel up

   Synonym: (dialectal) manyuclar

2. (music) to play an instrument poorly

• grapejat

• “grapejar” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
• “grapejar”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025
• “grapejar”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007