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Grammar : Adj |
Spell : zip-ee |
Phonetic Transcription : ˈzɪp i |
Definition of zippy
Origin :- 1904, from zip + -y (2).
- adj energetic
- I was still chewin' over that zippy roast Aunty had handed me.
- Extract from : « Torchy, Private Sec. » by Sewell Ford
- Course, it's me with my heels together doin' the zippy salute.
- Extract from : « Torchy and Vee » by Sewell Ford
- Nothing like a good serial to keep a fellow young and zippy.
- Extract from : « Quarter-Back Bates » by Ralph Henry Barbour
- But do you think that the big man Harvey really is our Zippy's father?
- Extract from : « Perlycross » by R. D. Blackmore
- Zippy was not always so wicked as this, even after he had to be chained up; but he was very mischievous.
- Extract from : « The Nursery, August 1881, Vol. XXX » by Various
- She's gone the limit—khaki riding pants, leather leggins and a zippy cloth cap cut on the overseas pattern.
- Extract from : « Torchy and Vee » by Sewell Ford
- The roof garden girl-show that we went to afterwards was a zippy performance, after it's kind.
- Extract from : « Torchy As A Pa » by Sewell Ford
- Also when it comes to light and frivolous chat Mirabelle is right there with the zippy patter.
- Extract from : « Torchy and Vee » by 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.
- Extract from : « Shorty McCabe on the Job » by Sewell Ford
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