zappy

zappy

slang Very lively or energetic. I wish they would play some zappier music in this bar. The stuff they have playing right now is putting me to sleep! The movie is certainly not short on impressive CGI and zappy action scenes, but its characters are two-dimensional and its plot is paper thin.
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

zappy

mod. energetic; zippy. That music is a little too zappy for me.
McGraw-Hill's Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions
See also:
  • zippy
  • perk up
  • perked up
  • a broth of a boy
  • broth
  • broth of a boy
  • lively
  • look lively
  • look lively/sharp
  • hepped up
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