skippy
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- adjective
- /ˈskɪpi/
- Informal
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salta
- After a cup of coffee, he felt skippy and ready to take on the day's challenges.
- damn skippy
Examples
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You're damn skippy.
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" Tringo Dub," a skippy and trippy double-time hybrid, seems to invent itself as it goes along.
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On the other hand, reducing the size of the U.S. military from its two-million strength enough to seriously impact defense spending would impair our ability to play the world's policeman, which, given how ever-fucking-wonderful that's worked out for us so far, I'm damn skippy with... not to mention it would allow us to raise recruitment standards back to pre-Iraq War levels.
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The children were skippy as they ran around the playground, laughing and playing together.
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She danced across the stage in a skippy manner, capturing the audience's attention with her energy.
Synonyms
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2.0
Full of energy and cheerful movement
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3.7
Quick and energetic in movement or action
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9.0
Feeling lively and playful, ready to dance and have fun
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6.0
Quick and full of energy
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6.0
Lively and full of fun, making people laugh
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3.8
Moving in a light, energetic way that shows confidence
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4.3
Moving by quick small jumps like a rabbit or frog
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7.7
Something that moves lightly and bounces, like a skirt that twirls
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7.4
A lively beat or flowing movement that makes you want to dance
Very healthy and full of energy, often said about babies or children
Moving in small playful jumps like a rabbit
Lively and bouncy in a way that looks jerky
Antonyms
How Energetic
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Skippy comes from the verb skip, which means 'to jump lightly', so someone who is skippy moves in a lively, bouncing way.