Green’s Dictionary of Slang

(orig. US) enthusiastic, energetic.

1938		W. Winchell On Broadway 16 Mar. [synd. col.] ‘Ken,’ when it comes out, will have a zingy expozay of Nazi activities in the U.S.
1952		W. Winchell On Broadway 8 Aug. [synd. col.] Joan Crawford [...] to help exploit her latest movie ‘Sudden Fear.’ The advance reports are zingy.
1957		J. Blake letter 28 Nov. in Joint (1972) 109: The tale has all the zingy ingredients.
1971		L. Bangs in Psychotic Reactions (1988) 7: We had a lotta zingy lingo when I was a tad – sharp riffs like ‘Right on!’ and ‘Peace, brother!’.
1999		Indep. Rev. 12 Nov. 5: Martin Cruz Smith’s zingy new thriller.