See zip in Webster's New World Roget's A-Z Thesaurus II
noun
- (Informal)
Capacity or power for work or vigorous activity:
animation, energy, force, might, potency, power, puissance, sprightliness, steam, strength. (Informal) get-up-and-go, go, pep, peppiness. See action A lively, emphatic, eager quality or manner:
animation, bounce, brio, dash, élan, esprit, life, liveliness, pertness, sparkle, spirit, verve, vigor, vim, vivaciousness, vivacity. (Informal) ginger, pep, peppiness. (Slang) oomph. See action
verb
To move swiftly and effortlessly:
(Informal) breeze. (Slang) waltz. See easyTo move swiftly:
bolt, bucket, bustle, dart, dash, festinate, flash, fleet, flit, fly, haste, hasten, hurry, hustle, pelt2, race, rocket, run, rush, sail, scoot, scour2, shoot, speed, sprint, tear1, trot, whirl, whisk, whiz, wing, zoom. (Informal) hotfoot, rip. (Slang) barrel, highball. (Chiefly British) nip1. Idioms: get a move on, get cracking, go like lightning, go like the wind, hotfoot it, make haste, make time, make tracks, run like the wind, shake a leg, step (or jump) on it. See move
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