jumpy

adjectif

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.

   "I wish it was well over," admitted Hollyer. "I'm not particularly jumpy, but this gives me a touch of the creeps."

2. 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.

Formes

comparatif

jumpier

superlatif

jumpiest