- brisk, lively, merry, rattling, snappy, spanking, zippy - quick and energetic; "a brisk walk in the park"; "a lively gait"; "a merry chase"; "traveling at a rattling rate"; "a snappy pace"; "a spanking breeze"
Antonyms: lethargic, unergetic (indirect, via energetic)
- spanking - the act of slapping on the buttocks; "he gave the brat a good spanking"
--1 is a kind of discipline, correction
Derived form: verb spank1