Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Full of or characterized by energy and high spirits; lively.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Full of pep; spirited; bouncy{2}.
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- adjective Full of
pep ;energetic ,cheerful , andvigorous ;bouncy
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective marked by lively action
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Examples
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By about 2: 30, I was still plenty peppy from the first Rockstar, but I started to get thirsty again.
Tyler swears off energy drinks: Day 1 Tyler 2009
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By about 2: 30, I was still plenty peppy from the first Rockstar, but I started to get thirsty again.
Archive 2009-03-01 Tyler 2009
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What is especially depressing is that the music they grabbed, like so much of the fare over the last 30-40 years, implies a certain peppy sensibility with it that requires a hopped enthusiasm (This is new!
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Then there are the staircases long and short, wide and narrow arranged in a kind of peppy Piranesian spirit.
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To make its little engine perform anything close to "peppy," the Mazda2 Touring needed low weight.
Mazda2 Touring hatchback does small well but is missing the 'zoom-zoom' 2010
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To make its little engine perform anything close to "peppy," the Mazda2 Touring needed low weight.
Mazda2 Touring hatchback does small well but is missing the 'zoom-zoom' 2010
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If Cat was played by someone "peppy" I'd be rolling my eyes.
Holly Marie Combs as Catelyn? OR How a bunch of ASOIAF fans found out IMDb is user-editable 2009
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We decided to sit at the bar and enjoy the piano music the pianist totally wins points from me for playing "Gotta Lotta Living to Do" from the musical "Bye Bye Birdie"---that song always makes me happy in a Broadway showtune kind of peppy way.
Stylish Dining in the French Quarter Linda 2004
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We decided to sit at the bar and enjoy the piano music the pianist totally wins points from me for playing "Gotta Lotta Living to Do" from the musical "Bye Bye Birdie"---that song always makes me happy in a Broadway showtune kind of peppy way.
Archive 2004-11-01 Linda 2004
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We hadn’t gone far—at least it didn’t seem that way, but all watered up again I was feeling pretty peppy, and distances tend to go by fast when I’m feeling peppy, which is just about always—when we came over a rise and into a little valley.
To Fetch a Thief Spencer Quinn 2010
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