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Jumpy

adjective

(compar. jumpier; superl. jumpiest)

Being in a tense state. Synonyms: edgy, high-strung, highly strung, jittery, nervy, overstrung, restive, uptight.

Causing or characterized by jolts and irregular movements. Synonyms: bumpy, jolting, jolty, rocky, rough.

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"Jumpy" Quotes from Famous Books

... and weary, with a Lewis gun between them, are peering over the top in an early light of dawn. Beside them there are others: tense, with every nerve alert, looking fixedly into the grey shadows, wondering, a little jumpy. ...

— No Man's Land • H. C. McNeile

... Dust Bin during the night. It hadn't exactly fought its way back from the river but had had enough casualties to make the men nervous and jumpy without tempering them at all. One of the casualties had been Lt. Colonel Upton. Now Major Chapelle was in command. The men of the battalion were nervous but Chapelle was riding on the thin edge of panic. He ordered everyone on board the Sun Maid at once and then countermanded the order ...

— Narakan Rifles, About Face! • Jan Smith

Words linked to "Jumpy" : smooth, highly strung, jumpiness, jump, tense