(adj) quick and energetic, Syn. merry, rattling, zippy, spanking, brisk, snappy, lively, Example:a brisk walk in the park; a lively gait; a merry chase; traveling at a rattling rate; a snappy pace; a spanking breeze
(n) a quantity of no importance, Syn. nil, null, cypher, nada, goose egg, cipher, zippo, zilch, aught, zip, naught, zero, nix, Example:it looked like nothing I had ever seen before; reduced to nil all the work we had done; we racked up a pathetic goose egg; it was all for naught; I didn't hear zilch about it