Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Lively.
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- adjective informal
lively orenergetic .
Etymologies
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Examples
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Also, in my requisite 4E plug, I like that drawing your sword/wand/zappy-thing is a minor action, which only really hinders a few people.
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I love that she looks like she is about to tell someone exactly what they can do with whatever rule book they are trying to sell her…and I love the zappy-lightening-stuff around her!
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September 1, 2009 at 1:56 pm heer haz dis bug zappy lite. will halp keep teh skeeturs awai.
They went - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger? 2009
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Hmmm. I guess it doesn't sound like something you'd immediately grab for from the bookstore shelf, but believe me, what the title lacks in zappy shelf-appeal, it makes up for in honesty and clarity.
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In this 4 minute video, a colorful futurist gives a zappy overview of climate shock and its dark impact on economists, corporations and the Rich; with a macabre climax.
OpEdNews - Quicklink: Welcome to the Future: Climate change vs the rich 2008
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OpEdNews - Quicklink: Welcome to the Future: Climate change vs the rich 2008
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I suspect in the fast and zappy world of London, people expect quick fixes and that you will be right as rain in months.
SSRIs:'How I got hooked on Happy Pills' Rachel 2007
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He had human level intelligence and all of Superman's powers; flight, strength, zappy eyes and all that jazz.
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They also claim that God created the human soul in a zappy kind of way once the human body had evolved.
No ID here at all. Move along. Nothing to see. - The Panda's Thumb 2006
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A million retina-scorching hand-drawn characters and colours zap epileptically at you as three billion zappy noises explode out of your speakers.
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