jumpy

Definition

Nervous and excited.

Etymology

From jump + -y.

Example Sentences

• "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."
• "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."