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Grammar : Adj
Spell : zip-ee
Phonetic Transcription : ˈzɪp i



Definition of zippy

Origin :
  • 1904, from zip + -y (2).
  • adj energetic
Example sentences :
  • 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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