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noun
A confident, happy, energetic or enthusiastic mood or manner.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: idiomatic, informal
Synonyms: pep, peppiness, spring in one's step, perkiness, spryness, get-up-and-go
Antonyms: none provided
History
Chosen for the rhyme; serendipitously, the word that happens to rhyme also allows for evocation of images of lively movement.
