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.

zappy

mod. energetic; zippy. That music is a little too zappy for me.

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How far was the company willing to go to make people zappy? The article reported that Zapp's chips were delivered to the South Pole.

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"Two Zappy meals," Jordann said, entering the details into the till.

Gary Bainbridge

TARGET: Tiger Woods NOT VERY ZAPPY: Drunk after Tasering

TIGER TEASER TAKEN OUT BY TASER; Heckler gets 50,000 volts

I'd be more worried if he wasn't sweating." Making his pleasure evident, O'Brien said: "He was nice and zappy, and you could see the movement and action, the movement and athleticism and enthusiasm that you saw this morning.

O'Brien's relief as Rip gets back on track for Classic; Morning exercise confirms big-race favourite has overcome foot problem: O'Brien confident before Zenyatta clash

"Australia" begins with a zappy, bouncy montage introducing all principle characters.

THE REEL ESTATE: Far away in the land of boredom

After his zappy modern-dress beginning, McAnuff pulls off a master stroke when the Capulets' ball is held in full High Renaissance dress (Paul Tazewell did the wildly flamboyant costumes).

Romeo and Juliet

How about this for a zappy concept, as enticing as a Ziegfeld dance and as awe inspiring as a Mesopotamian Ziggurat?

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Without anything to read on the train recently, I found myself perusing a report by NERA Economic Consulting with the zappy title Commissioning in the NHS, which asks very similar questions about health and comes to very similar conclusions.

A hole in the budget for potato prints

Rather than poke fun at Mel Gibson's horribly gungho Patriot or Will Smith's zippy zappy alien flick Independence Day, July 4 should pay homage to a quintessential piece of American nostalgia.

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Scooters range from the Zappy Turbo, a folding electric scooter with a range of 5 miles and top speed of 18 mph [$399; (800) 251-4555; www.zapworld.com], to the mid-size EGo, which will cover more than 20 miles at a speed of 16 to 21 mph [$1,599; (800) 979-4346; www.ego vehicles.com].

Clean, green electric machines. (energy & environment)

scooters are some of the sturdiest on the market, because kids test them." The Zappy Jr.

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In the drinks sector, the British, for example, have introduced simple bottles with attractive sleeves bearing a zappy, colorful picture that promotes the product.