grippy
1 Americanadjective
adjective
adjective
Etymology
Origin of grippy1
Origin of grippy2
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But as temperatures fall below about 50 degrees F, they get harder, noisier and less grippy.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 18, 2025
“Your hands are supposed to slip out. Marshawn had sort of grippy gloves, and they would stick to my cast. That was the most painful thing.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 4, 2025
Ioan fell on a bend that had been dry and grippy the day before.
From BBC ● Aug. 24, 2025
The American found the right balance between control and attack on the Schlossberg course, where a variation of grippy snow and icy spots caused problems for many racers.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 28, 2023
Tally turned away, unlacing her grippy shoes as she collected herself.
From "Uglies" by Scott Westerfeld
The aluminum frame around the phone has a satin texture, while the back is now made from a grippier matte material instead of glossy plastic.
From Seattle Times ● May 7, 2024
That left Verstappen right behind Hamilton for the restart on much grippier tyres, and he swept around the Mercedes at the first corner after the restart to take back control of the race.
From BBC ● Sep. 4, 2022
That said, on my runs, they were grippier than my usual Hoka Rincon 3.
From The Verge ● Feb. 24, 2022
On average, he found the surviving anoles seemed to have much bigger, grippier toe pads than the population had averaged before, as if those with less sticky feet had been carried away by the storms.
From New York Times ● Apr. 27, 2020
This is essential, because a scratched-up surface makes for a grippier base.
From Slate ● Aug. 17, 2019
“When Nordic skiing is frozen boilerplate, that makes for great fat biking — the fastest, grippiest conditions,” Acheson said.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 9, 2022
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