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Definition of zippy in English: zippyadjectivezippier, zippiest ˈzɪpiˈzɪpi informal 1Bright, fresh, or lively. a wine with a zippy, zingy, almost citrusy tang Example sentencesExamples - It was a lively, zingy show with zippy dancing, and I like dancing a helluva lot more than syrupy lyrics.
- This zippy production, starring Emma Fielding and Miriam Margolyes, unpicks all the tangled threads pretty well.
- Light and fruity aromas of soft gooseberry with a whiff of crème fraiche deliver zippy flavours of light gooseberry and lemon before a crisp and dry, slightly minerally finish.
- Add zippy devilled eggs and perhaps few relishes and chutneys to round out the meal.
- He's obviously a bit unsure about his closing sentence but as a zippy opening paragraph, that first bit is quite fun.
- Being reminded that you are no longer a zippy 19-year-old, but 36 with a garden shed and a petrol lawnmower, comes as a horrible shock.
- The Lord of the Rings films turns this on its head; they are tightly scripted, zippy reinterpretations of a bloated, forensic epic.
- The first part of the playlist contained happy, poppy, zippy songs that gradually got a little more driving, but not too much.
- Progressing by decade, Sutherland offers an informed and zippy commentary on an inexplicable phenomenon.
- From high - school reimaginings of Shakespeare to romantic gross-out comedies and back, they vary wildly in quality from zippy, witty fun to indigestible slush.
- It runs a bit long but great lines, solid, zippy performances, laughs, intelligent ideas and some out-and-out chaos make this a model Fringe experience.
- There is little wrong with Roxana Silbert's zippy production that cannot be attributed to the uneven script.
- Despite a period in hospital for surgery on an enlarged prostate last January, he looks zippy, chipper and strangely ageless.
- The result is new-minted, bright, and zippy, ready for a TV special, which may well be coming.
- The tartar sauce had a zippy, homemade taste to it, and both our plates were rounded out well with green salads and ample servings of perfectly nice fries.
- Which is a shame, because the film starts off as a fascinating account of the rise of the corporation and makes some valid points in a zippy way.
- The aromas and flavours of fresh ripe pineapple are topped with a hint of honey backed by zippy acidity.
- I'm feeling great - energetic, zippy, happy, sparkly and glowing!
- The latter is the single, Sexiest Man in Jamaica, a zippy bit of fun in which Prince Buster rustily declaims his sexiness over an orchestral victory march.
- This musical is great for schools to perform because of its zippy songs, larger-than-life characters and even larger talking plant.
- All pizzas have the same zippy tomato sauce and generous dimensions.
Synonyms happy, genial, cheerful, cheery, jolly, joyful, glad, merry, sunny, light-hearted, blithe, beaming - 1.1 Fast or speedy.
the car is zippy around town Example sentencesExamples - Carpenter is a huge part of the Blues attacking play, his zippy running and accurate shooting yielding important scores while also deeply involved in most of O'Hanrahan's best moves.
- Anyone can be a musician… although you do need a fairly zippy internet connection.
- In my zippy Nissan Sentry, I suddenly found myself hyperventilating somewhere around Ewarton.
- Those of you who remember the old zippy racing favourite Micro Machines will have some idea of what you're in for here.
- As noted, the Charles de Gaulle airport has a zippy public commuter rail connection into downtown Paris.
- In building a car, do you use lightweight materials so that it is zippy, but a deathtrap in an accident?
- Forget your zippy roadsters, your perky hybrids, your family sedans, your humble pickup trucks - to qualify for this tax break, your road machine has to be bigger than big.
- Computers don't have minds of their own, but they do look pretty zippy.
- A zippy lunch stop, a swop of cars into the manual version and we're heading right back where we came, this time with Dan driving on the twisty bits.
- Felt good to be there, though, and I ran a fairly zippy 3.25 km, so went home feeling springy to think of some more show ideas.
- It completely gummed up my otherwise zippy system.
- Unlike the men's Formula One set-up all the women drive the same car last year it was the Mazda RX - 8, next year it will be the zippy Caterham 7.
- I must say, Mazda MX5s are zippy little numbers!
- Today, though, with a loud music and headphones just a little too snug for comfort, I ran a fairly zippy 3.5km and cycled another 7.
- It does mean I now have a nice zippy machine.
- What they have in common is an urge to combine zippy new technologies with real-life social interaction.
- As part of the promotion a Morris Oil team travelled around the region demonstrating the zippy Citroen Xsara and inviting people to sign up for the giveaway.
- Powered by a Mobile Pentium running at 300 MHz, the machine was quite zippy.
- The patrons came on zippy two wheelers, wearing dungarees, talking a combination of Kannada, Hinglish, and English.
- If you have to choose between a slow network that's rock-steady and a zippy one that keeps blinking in and out, Reliable wins every time.
Synonyms fast, fast-moving, high-speed
Derivatives adverbˈzɪpɪliˈzɪpəli informal Daughter's Keeper is a zippily intelligent and emotionally charged peephole into the peculiar politics that govern motherhood and the American legal system. Example sentencesExamples - It all moved as zippily as one of those old James Cagney-Warner Brothers epics.
- Another strong point is that the computer-assisted sequences showing the team's amazing ball skills are very zippily done, making you wish football always looked like this.
- The software is a huge download, but once installed it runs zippily enough as it interfaces with the Net.
- Every Hollywood marketing impulse screams for the movie to be zippily cartoonish.
noun informal And really, apart from the zippiness of the original's title, what's the point of splitting whingers along gender lines? Example sentencesExamples - The power and zippiness of the engine more than beat the ability of the suspension to deliver the goods to the road.
- It's a good track, well constructed, blazing along with a blast of Blink 182-like zippiness, but the backing vocals are excruciatingly bad.
- It's all madly hyperactive, almost stroboscopic in its zippiness, and those with a predisposition to fits should probably stay out of the cinema.
- Young viewers will most likely find the film too lacking in the zippiness they are used to in CGI cartoons.
Rhymes chippy, clippie, dippy, drippy, grippy, hippy, Lippi, lippy, Mississippi, nippy, slippy, snippy, tippy, trippy, whippy, Xanthippe Definition of zippy in US English: zippyadjectiveˈzipēˈzɪpi informal 1Bright, fresh, or lively. a zippy, zingy, almost citrusy tang Example sentencesExamples - From high - school reimaginings of Shakespeare to romantic gross-out comedies and back, they vary wildly in quality from zippy, witty fun to indigestible slush.
- He's obviously a bit unsure about his closing sentence but as a zippy opening paragraph, that first bit is quite fun.
- Which is a shame, because the film starts off as a fascinating account of the rise of the corporation and makes some valid points in a zippy way.
- There is little wrong with Roxana Silbert's zippy production that cannot be attributed to the uneven script.
- I'm feeling great - energetic, zippy, happy, sparkly and glowing!
- Light and fruity aromas of soft gooseberry with a whiff of crème fraiche deliver zippy flavours of light gooseberry and lemon before a crisp and dry, slightly minerally finish.
- It runs a bit long but great lines, solid, zippy performances, laughs, intelligent ideas and some out-and-out chaos make this a model Fringe experience.
- The Lord of the Rings films turns this on its head; they are tightly scripted, zippy reinterpretations of a bloated, forensic epic.
- All pizzas have the same zippy tomato sauce and generous dimensions.
- Add zippy devilled eggs and perhaps few relishes and chutneys to round out the meal.
- This zippy production, starring Emma Fielding and Miriam Margolyes, unpicks all the tangled threads pretty well.
- The first part of the playlist contained happy, poppy, zippy songs that gradually got a little more driving, but not too much.
- The result is new-minted, bright, and zippy, ready for a TV special, which may well be coming.
- It was a lively, zingy show with zippy dancing, and I like dancing a helluva lot more than syrupy lyrics.
- Being reminded that you are no longer a zippy 19-year-old, but 36 with a garden shed and a petrol lawnmower, comes as a horrible shock.
- The latter is the single, Sexiest Man in Jamaica, a zippy bit of fun in which Prince Buster rustily declaims his sexiness over an orchestral victory march.
- Progressing by decade, Sutherland offers an informed and zippy commentary on an inexplicable phenomenon.
- Despite a period in hospital for surgery on an enlarged prostate last January, he looks zippy, chipper and strangely ageless.
- The tartar sauce had a zippy, homemade taste to it, and both our plates were rounded out well with green salads and ample servings of perfectly nice fries.
- This musical is great for schools to perform because of its zippy songs, larger-than-life characters and even larger talking plant.
- The aromas and flavours of fresh ripe pineapple are topped with a hint of honey backed by zippy acidity.
Synonyms happy, genial, cheerful, cheery, jolly, joyful, glad, merry, sunny, light-hearted, blithe, beaming - 1.1 Fast or speedy.
Example sentencesExamples - In building a car, do you use lightweight materials so that it is zippy, but a deathtrap in an accident?
- I must say, Mazda MX5s are zippy little numbers!
- Powered by a Mobile Pentium running at 300 MHz, the machine was quite zippy.
- In my zippy Nissan Sentry, I suddenly found myself hyperventilating somewhere around Ewarton.
- Carpenter is a huge part of the Blues attacking play, his zippy running and accurate shooting yielding important scores while also deeply involved in most of O'Hanrahan's best moves.
- The patrons came on zippy two wheelers, wearing dungarees, talking a combination of Kannada, Hinglish, and English.
- Anyone can be a musician… although you do need a fairly zippy internet connection.
- Those of you who remember the old zippy racing favourite Micro Machines will have some idea of what you're in for here.
- What they have in common is an urge to combine zippy new technologies with real-life social interaction.
- It completely gummed up my otherwise zippy system.
- Unlike the men's Formula One set-up all the women drive the same car last year it was the Mazda RX - 8, next year it will be the zippy Caterham 7.
- As part of the promotion a Morris Oil team travelled around the region demonstrating the zippy Citroen Xsara and inviting people to sign up for the giveaway.
- Felt good to be there, though, and I ran a fairly zippy 3.25 km, so went home feeling springy to think of some more show ideas.
- Forget your zippy roadsters, your perky hybrids, your family sedans, your humble pickup trucks - to qualify for this tax break, your road machine has to be bigger than big.
- A zippy lunch stop, a swop of cars into the manual version and we're heading right back where we came, this time with Dan driving on the twisty bits.
- As noted, the Charles de Gaulle airport has a zippy public commuter rail connection into downtown Paris.
- Computers don't have minds of their own, but they do look pretty zippy.
- It does mean I now have a nice zippy machine.
- Today, though, with a loud music and headphones just a little too snug for comfort, I ran a fairly zippy 3.5km and cycled another 7.
- If you have to choose between a slow network that's rock-steady and a zippy one that keeps blinking in and out, Reliable wins every time.
Synonyms fast, fast-moving, high-speed
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