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grippy

adj

Etymology

From grippe + -y.

  1. inherited from gripa
  2. inherited from gripe
  3. inherited from grippe
  4. inherited from *gripjaną✻
  5. inherited from grippan
  6. inherited from grippen
  7. suffixed as grippy — “grip + y”

Definitions

  1. Having a tight grip, or tending to grip well.

    • Naturally, the men play the set, drumming on the metal scaffolding as they climb around it wearing special grippy gloves.

  2. Tight-fisted, greedy, stingy.

  3. Gripping

    Gripping; compelling.

    • The book is a quick, grippy summer read.
  4. ›+ 1 more definition

    1. Afflicted with, or relating to, grippe, or influenza.

      • Let me state again that we must never make light of the grippy infections.

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Derived

grippiness, grippy sock, grippy tape

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for grippy. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA