Jumpy

//ˈd͡ʒʌmpi// adj

adj ·Moderate ·College level

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Nervous and excited.

    "It was the butler who saw him go. Twelve o'clock at night and raining hard. So next night I was up at the house and, sure enough, master was off again. Stephens and I went after him, but it was jumpy work, for it would have been a bad job if he had seen us."

  2. 2
    Tending to jump; full of jumps.

    "We moved at a good clip, so I reached up to pull shut the window coverings, just in case this jumpy frog decided to escape."

Adjective
  1. 1
    causing or characterized by jolts and irregular movements wordnet
  2. 2
    being in a tense state wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms
afraidagitatedall shook upall-overishanxiousbashful

Example

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"I don't know why you're all so jumpy."

Etymology

From jump + -y.

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