grippe Meaning of "grippe"

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Definition(s):

  • (n) an acute febrile highly contagious viral disease

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Usage(s):

  1. But Philadelphia, only 100 miles away, seemed to have nothing worse than the usual winter run of colds and grippe, with negligible absenteeism and no known cases of Asian flu.
  2. Or, alternatively, in an inspiring deathbed scene, where the victim appears to be suffering no more than a bad case of la grippe.
  3. As the year's first snowfall melted on Santiago's streets, Chileans shivered in one of the worst grippe epidemics in their country's history.
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