zippy
pronunciation
How to pronounce zippy in British English:
UK [ˈzɪpi]
How to pronounce zippy in American English:
US [ˈzɪpi]
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- Adjective:
- quick and energetic
- marked by lively action
Word Origin
- zippy (adj.)
- 1904, from zip (n.) "energy, force" (1900, from zip (v.1)) + -y (2).
Example
- 1. Zippy getting a hooker ?
- 2. But its zippy orbit is a hundred times closer to its star than jupiter 's is .
- 3. Zizzi 's zippy zipper zips .
- 4. That may sound zippy , but investors were accustomed to much zippier growth in asia .
- 5. Parts of britain , for example , fear that a new zippy railway will create a second tier of cities supplied by fewer and slower trains .