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zippy

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adjective, zip·pi·er, zip·pi·est. Informal.

lively; peppy.

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Origin of zippy

First recorded in 1915–20; zip1 + -y1
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Examples from the Web for zippy

Historical Examples of zippy

  • I was still chewin' over that zippy roast Aunty had handed me.

  • Course, it's me with my heels together doin' the zippy salute.

    Torchy and Vee

    Sewell Ford

  • Nothing like a good serial to keep a fellow young and zippy.

    Quarter-Back Bates

    Ralph Henry Barbour

  • But do you think that the big man Harvey really is our Zippy's father?

    Perlycross

    R. D. Blackmore

  • Zippy was not always so wicked as this, even after he had to be chained up; but he was very mischievous.

British Dictionary definitions for zippy

zippy

adjective -pier or -piest

informal 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
Word Origin and History for zippy
adj.

1904, from zip + -y (2).

Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper