Definitions for jumpy
ˈdʒʌm pijumpy

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:4.0 / 2 votes

1. edgy, high-strung, highly strung, jittery, jumpy, nervy, overstrung, restive, uptightadjective

   being in a tense state

2. rough, rocky, bumpy, jolty, jolting, jumpyadjective

   causing or characterized by jolts and irregular movements

   "a rough ride"

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. jumpyadjective

   Nervous and excited.

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1. Alex

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   David

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   Mark

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   Daniel

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   Libby

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   Mia

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   Karen

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   Hayley

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   Natasha

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   Veena

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   Priya

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   Neerja

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   Zira

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   Oliver

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   Wendy

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   Fred

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   Tessa

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of jumpy in Chaldean Numerology is: 2

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of jumpy in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4

Examples of jumpy in a Sentence

1. Alexander Zakharchenko:

   While we still have time before the spring, new detachments will be able to receive military training, we expect mobilization to yield at least five additional brigades five motorized brigades, one artillery brigade and a tank brigade. The Ukrainian rearguard for the Debaltseve front in Artemivsk, the home of one of the country's best-selling sparkling wines, looks increasingly like a garrison town. Auto-mechanics and tire shops have seen a sharp pick-up in business repairing damaged vehicles brought in by soldiers. Abandoned Soviet-era plants have been converted into bases. The local stadium is used as a landing pad for helicopters ferrying out the wounded. Many troops are nervous, jumpy and ill-tempered. On Wednesday, a group of irregulars detained a group of international journalists in the center and threatened to escort them out of the town if they took pictures of military equipment. The cannonades are fainter in Artemivsk, but they can still be heard. The significance of that is lost on few.

2. Rob Noel:

   The intro on Ukraine worked well enough, but boy did Associated Press -RRB- Biden move on quickly, and not to anything particularly compelling or new.As a technicalmatter, the speech felt strung together and disjointed, with cram-ins and jumpy transitions.The substance amounted to a dry list of policy points, like it was geared toward lawmakers in the room rather than people at home.He missed multiple chances to bring ideas to life with examples or audience shout-outs. The conclusion was too safe and forgettable for such a historic time. Politically speaking, while Associated Press -RRB- Biden may have avoided losing ground, Associated Press -RRB- Biden certainly didn't gain any. And that makes it a miss.

3. Jason Draho:

   Markets will be very jumpy until there's increasing confidence the virus is abating and that it won't be a global pandemic.

4. Jason Draho:

   We need to more information before markets have a further correction or get comfortable things won't escalate further, markets will be very jumpy until there's increasing confidence the virus is abating and that it won't be a global pandemic.

5. Dale Stevermer:

   I cringe, when a tariff even gets talked about, it makes both the buyers and the sellers jumpy. It's going to impact my bottom line, it's going to impact my business livelihood, and, to an extent, it becomes a mental outlook.

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