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From zip (“to move in haste; to make (something) move quickly”) + -y (suffix forming adjectives meaning ‘having the quality of’).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
zippy
zip·pyToday it means: Energetic and lively. Full definition →
Today it means: Energetic and lively. Full definition →
From zip (“to move in haste; to make (something) move quickly”) + -y (suffix forming adjectives meaning ‘having the quality of’).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.