Jumpy

Quick meaning: Jumpy is an adjective meaning Nervous and excited.

Meaning

Nervous and excited.

More Meanings

1. Tending to jump; full of jumps.

Example Sentences

Meanwhile, the car pursued its jumpy course, and I could not prevent myself laughing.

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

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.

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.

Word Forms

• jumpier
• jumpiest

Synonyms for jumpy

Depending on context, synonyms include restive, jittery, tense, high-strung, nervous, nervy.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include jittery, nervy, edgy, high-strung, overstrung, restive.

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