jumpy

adjectiveattested in dialogue

//ˈd͡ʒʌmpi//

Nervous and excited.

adjective

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.
"I wish it was well over," admitted Hollyer. "I'm not particularly jumpy, but this gives me a touch of the creeps."
2
Tending to jump; full of jumps.
Near-synonym: saltatory
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.
Meanwhile, the car pursued its jumpy course, and I could not prevent myself laughing.

Etymology

Etymology tree English jump Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Germanic *-gaz Proto-West Germanic *-g Old English -iġ Middle English -y English -y English jumpy From jump + -y.

Forms

comparative: jumpier
superlative: jumpiest

Jumper · A surname.jumping · Exuberantly active; in full swing.jumps · A bodice worn instead of stays by women in the 18th century.

jumpy · Nervous and excited.

jun · A monetary unit of North Korea and formerly of South Korea,…Jun · A diminutive of the male given name Junior junction · The act of joining, or the state of being joined.

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