"jumpy" meaning in English

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Adjective

IPA: /ˈd͡ʒʌmpi/ Audio: En-us-jumpy.ogg [US] Forms: jumpier [comparative], jumpiest [superlative]
Rhymes: -ʌmpi Etymology: From jump + -y. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|jump|y}} jump + -y Head templates: {{en-adj|er}} jumpy (comparative jumpier, superlative jumpiest)
  1. Nervous and excited. Categories (topical): Emotions Translations (nervous and excited): нервен (nerven) (Bulgarian), неспокоен (nespokoen) (Bulgarian), nervøs (Danish), nerveus (Dutch), nerveuze (Dutch), zenuwachtig (Dutch), zenuwachtige (Dutch), hermostunut (Finnish), nerveux (French), გულფიცხი (gulpicxi) (Georgian), ნერვული (nervuli) (Georgian), nervös (German), ビクビク (bikubiku) (Japanese), trepidus (Latin), nervioso (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-jumpy-en-adj-~FuTEfTX Disambiguation of Emotions: 71 29 Disambiguation of 'nervous and excited': 99 1
  2. Tending to jump; full of jumps.
    Sense id: en-jumpy-en-adj-5~bY0SRA Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms suffixed with -y Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 11 89 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 21 79 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -y: 18 82
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: jumpily, jumpiness

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for jumpy meaning in English (3.8kB)

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      "sense": "nervous and excited",
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      "sense": "nervous and excited",
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      "sense": "nervous and excited",
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      "sense": "nervous and excited",
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      "code": "la",
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      "sense": "nervous and excited",
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