jumpy

From jump +‎ -y.

• IPA^(key): /ˈd͡ʒʌmpi/

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• Rhymes: -ʌmpi

jumpy (comparative jumpier, superlative jumpiest)

1. Nervous and excited.
2. Tending to jump; full of jumps.
   • 2018, Candice Gilmer, Ending The Curse:

     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.

   • 2022, Maurice Renard, New Bodies for Old:

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

• jumpily
• jumpiness