grippy

¹

[ grip-ee ]

adjective

, grip·pi·er, grip·pi·est.

1. afflicted with the grippe.

grippy

²

[ grip-ee ]

adjective

, Chiefly Scot.

, grip·pi·er, grip·pi·est.

1. stingy; avaricious.

grippy

/ ˈgrɪpɪ /

adjective

1. (of a material) having adhesive qualities

Word History and Origins

Origin of grippy¹

grippe + -y ¹

Origin of grippy²

First recorded in 1800–10; grip + -y ¹

Example Sentences

AmazonAt just over a pound and, thanks to its size and shape, no harder to hold than your canned drink of choice, the JBL Flip 5 is a throw-anywhere go-anywhere speaker with a grippy texture and equally catchy sound.

From Popular-Science

The slickrock is the draw here, offering waves of grippy rock seemingly built for off-road vehicles.

From Outside Online

These NRS booties are grippy enough to confidently step on algae-covered rocks, but not so bulky that you feel like you’re wearing big boots on the board.

From Outside Online

Plus, thanks to a grippy, sneaker-like outsole, they’re ready to go if you ever leave the house.

From Outside Online

The rubber soles weren’t grippy, and at times she felt like she was trying to climb a mountain in a pair of Uggs.

From Outside Online

If the Leddy o Grippy be not inimitably comic, then can there be no comedy short of screaming farce.

From Project Gutenberg

At the death of the Laird of Plealands, the Grippy family, as we have already stated, consisted of three sons and a daughter.

From Project Gutenberg

Yere no far frae the mark, Grippy; and now Ill tell you wherein the likeness lies.

From Project Gutenberg

But, saving this accident, nothing went amiss in the preparations for the wedding either at Grippy or Kilmarkeckle.

From Project Gutenberg

For some time after the funeral of Mrs. Walter Walkinshaw, the affairs of the Grippy family ran in a straight and even current.

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