zippiest

Adjective

zippy (comparative zippier, superlative zippiest)

1. (informal) Energetic and lively.
   • Fun is the doughboy's pal—that's why he wrote and sings "K-K-K-Katy"—the song of songs, with a zippy, catchy melody and those beautifully simple words stammered by Katy's tongue-tied beau.1918 September 7, “Three Hits from Song Headquarters [advertisement]”, in John C[hristian] Freund, editor, The Music Trades, volume LVI, number 10, New York, N.Y.: The Music Trades Co., →ISSN, →OCLC...

   Synonyms:

   abuzz, active, agile, airy, alive, animate, animated, brisk, busy, busy as a bee

   Antonyms:

   abeyant, at rest, cessant, dormant, dull, fallow, hibernating, idle, inactive, inert

2. (informal) Quick, speedy.
   • Apart from anything else, the zippier Northern cadences meant the radio stations could pack in three or four commercials in the time it would take the average Southerner to clear his throat.1989, Bill Bryson, chapter 7, in The Lost Continent: Travels in Small-town America, New York, N.Y.; Grand Rapids, Mich.: Harper & Row, →ISBN, page 70

   Synonyms:

   cursory, express, fast, expeditious, feverish, fleet, fleeting, greased lightning, hasty, hectic

   Antonyms:

   crawling, slack, slow-moving, languid, languorous, draggy, tardy, creeping, dreich, gastropodous