feel someone up Definition

feel
verb felt, feeling

1. To become aware of something through the sense of touch.
tr & intr
2. To have a physical or emotional sensation of something; to sense.
tr & intr
3. To find out or investigate with the hands, etc.

Thesaurus: handle, touch, hold, caress, finger, explore, stroke, fondle, grip, clutch, clasp, grope.
tr & intr
4. To have (an emotion).
tr & intr
5. To react emotionally to something or be emotionally affected by something.

Example: feels the loss very deeply
Thesaurus: experience, go through, undergo, sense, perceive, be aware of.
intr
6. To give the impression of being (soft, hard, rough, etc) when touched.
intr
7. To be or seem (well, ill, happy, etc).

Thesaurus: be perceived as, seem, appear.
8. To instinctively believe in something.

Example: She feels that this is a good idea
Thesaurus: believe, sense, know, think, reckon, deem, have a hunch, judge.
9. To seem to oneself to be.

Example: feel a fool

noun

1. A sensation or impression produced by touching.

Thesaurus: feeling, texture, touch.
2. An impression or atmosphere created by something.
3. An act of feeling with the fingers, etc.
4. An instinct, touch or knack.

Thesaurus: feeling, sense, touch, gift, knack, instinct.

Idiom: feel oneself

To feel as well as normal.
Example: felt herself again after a good sleep

Idiom: feel one's feet

To get used to a new situation, job etc.

Idiom: feel one's way

To make one's way cautiously.

Idiom: get the feel of something

To become familiar with it or used to it.

Idiom: have a feel for something

Have a natural ability for or understanding of (an activity, etc).

Etymology: Anglo-Saxon felan.

Phrasal Verb: feel around for something

To search for it with the fingers, etc.

Phrasal Verb: feel for someone

To have sympathy or compassion for them.

Phrasal Verb: feel for something

To try to find it by feeling.

Phrasal Verb: feel like something

To seem to oneself to be like something, to perceive oneself as something.
Example: feel like an idiot
Example: feel like a fool
To have an inclination or desire for it.
Example: feel like a walk
Example: I feel like going to the cinema tonight

Phrasal Verb: feel someone up

To move one's hands over their sexual organs.

Phrasal Verb: feel up to something

To feel fit enough for it.
Example: I don't feel up to a late night out