griddy

griddy · adjective¹

From grid + -y.

griddy · noun²

Clipping of gridiron (player) + -y.

griddy · noun³

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

First known use, by meaning

• from 2019 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").