zippy

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...
   • [T]he rising wind, cool and zippy from the far ice floes of Bering Straits— [...]1935, Harry Carr, “The East A-calling”, in Los Angeles: City of Dreams, New York, N.Y.; London: D[aniel] Appleton-Century Company, →OCLC, page 218

   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
   • He had pored over the websites of the different European car manufacturers, wooed at first by the Beemers, Audis and Saabs before admitting we had a restricted budget. He eventually chose an economical but zippy Renault hatchback.2007, Katrina Blowers, “French Women Must Get Fat”, in Mary Trewby, editor, Tuning Out: My Quarter-life Crisis, Millers Point, N.S.W.; London: Pier 9, Murdoch Books, →ISBN

   Synonyms:

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

   Antonyms:

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