jumpy
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jumpy
- /ˈd͡ʒʌmpi/
Rhymes with -ʌmpi
adjective jumpier · jumpiest
- 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.
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Tending to jump; full of jumps.
Near-synonym: saltatory
Similar: saltatory
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Talk about this word "jumpy." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/jumpy. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. jumpy. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/jumpy "jumpy." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/jumpy.
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@misc{jumpy_2026,
title = {jumpy},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/jumpy},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
