Meaning

2 senses

  1. A dance move in which a person alternatingly taps the heels, either in place or while walking, while swinging the arms back and forth; the move also involves holding one's hands in the OK gesture in front of one's eyes (known as "throwing one's Bs").

  2. (diminutive, uncommon)A player of gridiron (“gridiron football”) (American football)

Origin

Clipping of gridiron (player) + -y. From the nickname of the dance's creator, Allen "Grid

Clipping of gridiron (player) + -y.

From the nickname of the dance's creator, Allen "Griddy" Davis, an American football player; thus presumably a clipping of gridiron + -y.

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Forms

plural: griddies
Singulargriddy
Pluralgriddies

regular

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
greyhoundgridgridlockgriefB2

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