Peppy

//ˈpɛpi// adj, noun, slang

adj, noun, slang ·Common ·High school level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A tree of species Agonis flexuosa, commonly known as Western Australian peppermint or peppermint tree. Australia, countable, slang, uncountable

    ""Busselton for example, you used to have these quarter-acre blocks with one big house on it and lots of peppy trees in the backyard. And now they've got three houses and no peppy trees," she said."

Adjective
  1. 1
    Full of pep; energetic, cheerful, and vigorous; bouncy

    "Cedric was not feeling peppy when he woke up two hours before dawn."

Adjective
  1. 1
    marked by lively action wordnet

Synonyms

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bouncingenergeticabuzzactiveactivistactivistic

Example

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"Cedric was not feeling peppy when he woke up two hours before dawn."

Etymology

From pep + -y.

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