Definition of "grippy"

grippy¹

adjective
comparative grippier, superlative grippiest
1. Having a tight grip, or tending to grip well.
  Quotations
  Naturally, the men play the set, drumming on the metal scaffolding as they climb around it wearing special grippy gloves.
  2007 August 31, Melena Ryzik, “Portable Theater (Just Go With the Flow)”, in New York Times‎
2. (Scotland) Tight-fisted, greedy, stingy.
3. (informal) Gripping; compelling.

grippy²

adjective
not comparable
1. Afflicted with, or relating to, grippe, or influenza.
  Quotations
  Let me state again that we must never make light of the grippy infections.
  1916, George Frederick Shrady, Thomas Lathrop Stedman, Medical Record