hot, peppery; tasty, toothsome, savory, delicious, luscious.
2. vivacious, vivid, frisky, brisk, hearty, zesty; energetic, vigorous, Inf. full of pep, Inf. peppy, Inf. full of get up and go; lively, full of life, animated, invigorated; exuberant, Inf full of beans, Inf. feeling one's oats.
zigzag, adj. staggered, angled, forked, crooked, askew, abrupt; serpentine, sinuous, meandering, circuitous, anfractuous, roundabout, devious; mazy, labyrinthine.
zing, n. 1. enthusiasm, animation, vitality, vim, gusto. See - zest (defs. 1, 2).
-v. 2. whiz, buzz, zip, streak, fly. See - zoom.
zip, n. 1. vigor, vim, energy, vitality, life, spirit; relish, gusto, zing. See - zest (defs. 1, 2).
-v. 2. Informal, speed, rush, fly, jet, streak, barrel. See - zoom.
zombie, n. 1. walking dead, walking corpse; Psychiatry. catatoniac.
2. Slang, dullard, dolt, Inf deadhead, SI. dumm-kopf; loggerhead, thickhead, SI. dodo, SI. dope, SI. dumbbell; numskull, bonehead, dunderhead, chucklehead, SI. lunkhead; oaf, lubber, SI. goon; lamebrain, SI. dimwit, nitwit, half-wit; nincompoop, ninnyham-mer, SI. yo-yo.