Zingy means bright and sharply refreshing. A zingy dressing, zingy lemon, zingy and fresh.
It belongs to food writing above all, where it means acid enough to wake the palate up — lemon, lime and vinegar are what make a dish zingy. It is informal and cheerful, and it is used of colours and of designs as well as of taste.
1adjectivezingyBright and sharply refreshing.
“The salsa was zingy with lime juice and fresh chilli.”
zingy is a quality.
From zing + -y.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA