grippy
English
Etymology 1
grip
+
-y
Adjective
grippy
(
comparative
grippier
,
superlative
grippiest
)
Tending to
grip
well.
2007
August 31, Melena Ryzik, “Portable Theater (Just Go With the Flow)”, in
New York Times
:
Naturally, the men play the set, drumming on the metal scaffolding as they climb around it wearing special
grippy
gloves.
Etymology 2
grippe
+
-y
Adjective
grippy
(
not comparable
)
Afflicted with, or relating to,
grippe
, or
influenza
.
1916
, George Frederick Shrady, Thomas Lathrop Stedman,
Medical Record
Let me state again that we must never make light of the
grippy
infections.
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