zippy
Adjective Satellite
- quick and energetic
- marked by lively action
Adj
- Energetic and lively.
- Quick, speedy.
Adjective
- Lively, energetic, and full of vigor.
Examples
- The ZYME play was so ZIPPY it instantly boosted his score by fifty points.
Origin / Etymology
From zip (“to move in haste; to make (something) move quickly”) + -y (suffix forming adjectives meaning ‘having the quality of’).
Synonyms
alert, bouncing, bouncy, brisk, lively, merry, peppy, rattling, snappy, spanking, spirited, abuzz, agile, airy, alive, animate, animated, busy, busy as a bee, buxom, buzzing, cursory, diligent, driven, driving, dynamic, eager, effervescent, energetic, enthusiastic, expeditious, express, fast, feverish, fleet, fleeting, frisky, gay, glowing, greased lightning, happy, hasty, hearty, hectic, hectical, hyperactive, immediate, impetuous, industrious, keen, kinetic, lightning fast, mobile, motivated, moving, nimble, perky, post haste, precipitant, quick, quick as a flash, quicksome, rapid, restive, speedful, speedy, spit-spot, sprightly, sprunt, spry, swift, tripsome, vibrant, vigorous, vivacious, vivid, zealous, zestful, zippy
Scrabble Score: 21
zippy: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Wordzippy: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
zippy: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary