Translations

1 languages

Examples

2 sentences

  1. I need a grippy sock vacation.

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  2. I don't need a grippy sock vacation.

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Meaning

4 senses

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

  2. (informal)Gripping; compelling.

    The book is a quick, grippy summer read.

  3. (Scotland)Tight-fisted, greedy, stingy.

  4. (not comparable)Afflicted with, or relating to, grippe, or influenza.

Origin

From grip + -y. From grippe + -y.

From grip + -y.

From grippe + -y.

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Forms

grippier, grippiest
Comparativegrippier Lesson
Superlativegrippiest Lesson

regular

Word family

3 related words
Relatedgrippie
Derivedgrippinessgrippy sock

Lessons for this word

2 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
gripB2gripegrislygrist

Dictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.

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