different between zippo vs zippy

English

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

zip +? -o

Adjective

zippo (not comparable)

1. (slang) None whatsoever

Translations

Etymology 2

Popular slang among American soldiers in the Vietnam War; from the Zippo brand of lighter.

Alternative forms

• Zippo

Verb

zippo (third-person singular simple present zippos, present participle zippoing, simple past and past participle zippoed)

1. (slang) To light on fire.

Italian

Verb

zippo

1. first-person singular present indicative of zippare

Anagrams

• zoppi

English

Etymology

From zip (“to move in haste; to make (something) move quickly”) +? -y (suffix forming adjectives meaning ‘having the quality of’).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation, General American) IPA^(key): /?z?pi/
• Rhymes: -?pi
• Hyphenation: zip?py

Adjective

zippy (comparative zippier, superlative zippiest)

1. (informal) Energetic and lively.

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:active, Thesaurus:lively

   Antonyms: see Thesaurus:inactive
2. (informal) Quick, speedy.

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:speedy

   Antonyms: see Thesaurus:slow

Derived terms

• zippily
• zippiness

Related terms

• zip

Translations

References

Further reading

• zippy (disambiguation) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia