Englishzip informal
noun
we were full of vim and zip:
enthusiasm, zest, zestfulness, appetite, relish, gusto, eagerness, keenness, avidity, zeal, fervour, ardour, passion, love, enjoyment, joy, delight, pleasure, excitement;
vigour, verve, liveliness, sparkle, fizz, effervescence, fire, animation, vitality, dynamism, energy, buoyancy, brio, bounce, pep, spirit, spiritedness, exuberance, high spirits, high-spiritedness;
informal zing, oomph, vim, pizzazz, get-up-and-go.
▷antonyms lethargy.
verb
house martins zipped back and forth over the lake:
speed, hurry, race, run, sprint, dash, bolt, dart, rush, hasten, hurtle, career, streak, shoot, whizz, zoom, go like lightning, go hell for leather, spank along, bowl along, rattle along, whirl, whoosh, buzz, swoop, flash, blast, charge, stampede, gallop, sweep, hare, fly, wing, scurry, scud, scutter, scramble;
informal belt, pelt, tear, hotfoot it, zap, whip, scoot, scorch, burn rubber, go like a bat out of hell;
British, informal bomb, bucket, shift, put one's foot down, go like the clappers, leg it;
Scottish, informal wheech;
North American, informal clip, boogie, hightail, barrel, lay rubber, get the lead out;
North American, vulgar slang drag/tear/haul ass;
literary fleet;
archaic post, hie;
rare drive.
▷antonyms dawdle.
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