/ˈd͡ʒʌmpi/
- 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 ”
- Tending to jump; full of jumps.
“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.”
“Meanwhile, the car pursued its jumpy course, and I could not prevent myself laughing.”
Formsjumpier(comparative) · jumpiest(superlative)