Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Characterized by fitful, jerky movements.
- adjective On edge; nervous.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Jumping, or inducing to jump; characterized by jumps
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective
Nervous and excited.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective causing or characterized by jolts and irregular movements
- adjective being in a tense state
Etymologies
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Examples
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Some meds would lower his blood pressure but made him feel "jumpy" - not exactly the way you want to feel over a putt.
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Some meds would lower his blood pressure but made him feel "jumpy" - not exactly the way you want to feel over a putt.
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Some meds would lower his blood pressure but made him feel "jumpy" - not exactly the way you want to feel over a putt.
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Some functions are really "jumpy" - and they might differ on an infinitesimal-by-infinitesimal level.
BetterExplained 2009
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I'm described as jumpy, and it's an accurate description.
elfpvke Diary Entry elfpvke 2009
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When I come across his name on a document it always makes me pause, it gives me pause, the name in jumpy type on some stamped document, James Nicholas Costanza, the raised stamp that marks a thing official, the document in the dusty bottom drawer, the sense of slight confusion until I realize who he is.
Underworld Don Delillo 2008
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When I come across his name on a document it always makes me pause, it gives me pause, the name in jumpy type on some stamped document, James Nicholas Costanza, the raised stamp that marks a thing official, the document in the dusty bottom drawer, the sense of slight confusion until I realize who he is.
Underworld Don Delillo 2008
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When I come across his name on a document it always makes me pause, it gives me pause, the name in jumpy type on some stamped document, James Nicholas Costanza, the raised stamp that marks a thing official, the document in the dusty bottom drawer, the sense of slight confusion until I realize who he is.
Underworld Don Delillo 2008
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*smirk* - my word verification is ojmpyy. which sounds like "oh jumpy". which is smirkable when you know that in scotland, a jumpy is a shag
The Ugly Truth Rogers 2006
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One unemployed person shared with me the fact that they were afraid the nervousness would show in an interview and then should he be hired, he fears he will be "jumpy," and an employer may think they hired the wrong guy.
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