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[ zip-ee ] / ˈzɪp i / SEE SYNONYMS FOR zippy ON THESAURUS.COM
adjective, zip·pi·er, zip·pi·est.Informal.Origin of zippyFirst recorded in 1915–20; zip1 + -y1 Words nearby zippyzip-out, zipper, zippered, ZIP + 4, Zipporah, zippy, ziram, zircalloy, Zircaloy, zircon, zirconia Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for zippyThese figures are a clue about how powerful and zippy a bike will feel in each mode. Do You Want to Buy an E-Cargo Bike? Read This First.|Joe Lindsey|August 30, 2020|Outside Online Zippy was not always so wicked as this, even after he had to be chained up; but he was very mischievous. The Nursery, August 1881, Vol. XXX|Various But do you think that the big man Harvey really is our Zippy's father? Perlycross|R. D. Blackmore She's gone the limit—khaki riding pants, leather leggins and a zippy cloth cap cut on the overseas pattern. Torchy and Vee|Sewell Ford
I was still chewin' over that zippy roast Aunty had handed me. Torchy, Private Sec.|Sewell Ford Wa'n't such a bad looker, you know, in her other rig; but in this zippy regalia—well, I got to admit that she's some ripe pippin. Shorty McCabe on the Job|Sewell Ford
British Dictionary definitions for zippy
adjective -pier or -piestinformal full of energy; lively Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to zippysprightly, peppy, speedy, lively, active, animated, brisk, chipper, dashing, dynamic, enterprising, high-powered, potent, powerful, snappy, spirited, spry, strong, tireless, untiring |