Crossword clues for zippy
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1904, from zip (n.) "energy, force" (1900, from zip (v.1)) + -y (2).
Wiktionary
a. lively, quick and energetic
WordNet
adj. quick and energetic; "a brisk walk in the park"; "a lively gait"; "a merry chase"; "traveling at a rattling rate"; "a snappy pace"; "a spanking breeze" [syn: brisk, lively, merry, rattling, snappy, spanking]
marked by lively action; "a bouncing gait"; "bouncy tunes"; "the peppy and interesting talk"; "a spirited dance" [syn: bouncing, bouncy, peppy, spirited]
Wikipedia
Zippy may refer to:
Zippy is a fictional character on the British children's television programme Rainbow. Zippy is a brownish- orange puppet with a rugby-ball-shaped oval head, blue eyes and a zip for a mouth, hence his name. His voice was first provided by Peter Hawkins and later by Roy Skelton. Violet Philpott and Ronnie Le Drew operated the character, the latter also providing the voice for the 1994 series and Rainbow Days.
It is unclear what kind of creature, if any, the character represents: while Bungle is a bear and George a hippopotamus, Zippy bears no obvious resemblance to any real animal. Presenter Geoffrey Hayes has said of him that "I don't think anyone has a clue what he's meant to be."
Zippy is the female mascot of the University of Akron athletics team. Zippy is a kangaroo, and was chosen by a committee in 1953.
The school's nickname, "Zips", is a shortening of "Zippers", a pair of rubber overshoes and a brand name of the BF Goodrich Company of Akron. It was originally adopted by the school in 1925 after a contest to give the school a nickname. "Kangaroos" was one of the choices at the time. In 1950, the current nickname was adopted because of the rising popularity of zippers in use on pants. Two years later, a committee suggested the kangaroo as a mascot, and it was accepted by the student council on May 1, 1953. Originally, it was met with derision, as it was not put to a campuswide vote. However, over time, Zippy has become a fan favorite at the school.
"Zippy" has always been a costumed mascot, and currently wears a blue letter-sweater and a gold-and-blue rat cap. In a 2010 interview, she stated The Things They Carried was her favorite band.
In 2007 Zippy was chosen as one of twelve collegiate mascots to compete for Capital One Bowl mascot of the year. With an unprecedented 13–0 record, Zippy was named the winner on January 1, 2008.
Usage examples of "zippy".
I had a little bit of an idea of where 1400 River Road was, but I just checked it with Zippy to make sure.
I like liars because they make life more zippy, but Floon had already rubbed me so much the wrong way that he could have passed for a piece of sandpaper.
But she quickly discovered that some part of her had missed the feel of a gear stick in her hand, the sense of controlling the vehicle as if it were a high-spirited horse, the surge of power as she felt the zippy car respond.
Such is the Zen bliss of Zippy the Pinhead, watching his laundry tumble in the washing machine.
Denise might have had a few zippy gadgets, but her real advantage over us was how willing people were to sign up to her bogus resistance movement.
Max hadn't anything zippy to brag about except the short-lived Plum Crunchies ditty.
The skyport’s on a plateau above the town, its traffic everything from buzzing microlites and zippy little skiffs through new lifting-body aerodynes to the great clunky contraptions of human-built starships like the one he’s just stepped off.
I was sure I had seen some flour-smeared cookie cutters in a nasty zippy bag at the back of a cupboard somewhere.
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.