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grippy - 3 dictionary results

grip⋅py

1[grip-ee]
–adjective, -pi⋅er, -pi⋅est.
afflicted with the grippe.

Origin:
grippe + -y 1

grip⋅py

2[grip-ee]
–adjective, -pi⋅er, -pi⋅est. Chiefly Scot.
stingy; avaricious.

Origin:
1800–10; grip + -y 1
grippe also grip   (grĭp)   
n.  See influenza.

[French, from Old French, claw, quarrel, from gripper, to seize, grasp, from Frankish *grīpan.]
grip'py adj.
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