The following sentence is in such situation as two people(they) are working at the restaurant.<br/><br/>They are unmarried couple.<br/><br/>And one of their friend who is also working in the same restaurant and their boss took a night off and thought about them.<br/><br/><i>Would they be sneaking in gropes and shots of espresso, giddy with their freedom?</i><br/><br/>I can't understand it, because I don't know the meaning of 'gropes' in the sentence.<br/>Woudl you please let me know it?