Jumpy
adjective
Tense, nervous, or agitated, often because of fear or anxiety.
John is very jumpy today, he must be worrying about his exam results.
Often appears as...
- feel jumpy
- look jumpy
adjective
Not smooth or steady; full of jerks or uneven movements.
The suspension on my old car is not working properly - the ride was really jumpy.
Often appears as...
- jumpy ride
- jumpy video footage
adjective
Tense, nervous, or agitated, often because of fear or anxiety.
John is very jumpy today, he must be worrying about his exam results.
Often appears as...
- feel jumpy
- look jumpy
adjective
Not smooth or steady; full of jerks or uneven movements.
The suspension on my old car is not working properly - the ride was really jumpy.
Often appears as...
- jumpy ride
- jumpy video footage
Definition 1 of 2
Pro Tip 1/3Emotional State
Use 'jumpy' to describe someone's temporary feeling, not their overall personality.
I feel jumpy whenever I hear loud noises.
Pro Tip 2/3Subtle Warning
'Jumpy' can imply someone suspects danger or is on high alert for it.
The guards were jumpy after the security breach.
Pro Tip 3/3Not for Joy
Although referring to agitation, 'jumpy' is not used for excitement or happiness.
She was jumpy waiting for the results, but not because she was happy.
Pro Tip 1/3Emotional State
Use 'jumpy' to describe someone's temporary feeling, not their overall personality.
I feel jumpy whenever I hear loud noises.
Pro Tip 2/3Subtle Warning
'Jumpy' can imply someone suspects danger or is on high alert for it.
The guards were jumpy after the security breach.
Pro Tip 3/3Not for Joy
Although referring to agitation, 'jumpy' is not used for excitement or happiness.
She was jumpy waiting for the results, but not because she was happy.
Pro Tip 1/3Emotional State
Use 'jumpy' to describe someone's temporary feeling, not their overall personality.
I feel jumpy whenever I hear loud noises.
Pro Tip 2/3Subtle Warning
'Jumpy' can imply someone suspects danger or is on high alert for it.
The guards were jumpy after the security breach.
Pro Tip 3/3Not for Joy
Although referring to agitation, 'jumpy' is not used for excitement or happiness.
She was jumpy waiting for the results, but not because she was happy.
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Let the environment...
It's a very important period -- it's roughly half the period when we've been fully modern humans on the planet. We've had the same, roughly, abilities that developed civilizations as we know it. This is the environmental conditions on the planet. Here, used as a proxy, temperature variability. It was a jumpy ride. 80,000 years back in a crisis,
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Safari Live - Day 344 PIPE...
that maybe she had a kill in there the last couple days and she's now come out and so she looks as though she's hitting kind of southwards so I want to just check treehouse Dam and twin dams in case she's gone for water I drove past some impalas just before I spotted the tracks and they looked seriously jumpy they were not in
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Zombie Parasites PIPE Nat...
There are things that I just had to work out on the fly, through one iteration after the next. And you figure out a problem, or, you come across a problem you just have to figure out a solution. The cricket's too jumpy, the worm's freaking out, the water doesn't look right and
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Safari Live - Day 261 PIPE...
can tell that being on his own is quite risky because he gotta lower his head very low to the ground to feed and each time he does that he's at risk of being snuck up upon so hence the fact that he's constantly raising his head and alerts awareness very jumpy in the wind
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Safari Live - Day 320 PIPE...
disappears they are very jumpy when they won't go very far yeah they will go much further away from the den when she's in when she's available she's around otherwise they're quite skittish because they know or should I say through evolution of those cubs that have
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Tim Cope: On the Trail...
the country they considered national treasures there fortunately I was offered to buy this horse organ yoke and he was this big strong fighter or gelding what I didn't realize at the time however was that he was also such a jumpy paranoid animal that he would
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This Taxi Driver Has an...
they say you don't say um we take an off say I'm going on vacation government of Iraq if they know I'm gonna leave and not come back they put me in jail my family they told me Estefan mr. Liang we want you to be jumpy on it want you to
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Safari Live - Day 133 PIPE...
not too strong but definitely strong enough to affect some of the animals particularly your prey species you'll find your Impala and and vole beasts zebra and things like that will be quite jumpy too in this weather
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How we're harnessing...
When you release it -- snap! It brings back all the energy. So I'm sure everybody would like to have that material. But here's the to catch cat fleas is difficult. Why? Because they are jumpy.
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Welcome to Washington PIPE...
makes me jumpy I'm liking a little kid in my head I'm singing a little good song alright look at that there's my eyes hey life below zero above zero you never know who you're gonna meet you
Video examples
Let the environment...
It's a very important period -- it's roughly half the period when we've been fully modern humans on the planet. We've had the same, roughly, abilities that developed civilizations as we know it. This is the environmental conditions on the planet. Here, used as a proxy, temperature variability. It was a jumpy ride. 80,000 years back in a crisis,
Video examples
Safari Live - Day 344 PIPE...
that maybe she had a kill in there the last couple days and she's now come out and so she looks as though she's hitting kind of southwards so I want to just check treehouse Dam and twin dams in case she's gone for water I drove past some impalas just before I spotted the tracks and they looked seriously jumpy they were not in
Video examples
Zombie Parasites PIPE Nat...
There are things that I just had to work out on the fly, through one iteration after the next. And you figure out a problem, or, you come across a problem you just have to figure out a solution. The cricket's too jumpy, the worm's freaking out, the water doesn't look right and
Video examples
Safari Live - Day 261 PIPE...
can tell that being on his own is quite risky because he gotta lower his head very low to the ground to feed and each time he does that he's at risk of being snuck up upon so hence the fact that he's constantly raising his head and alerts awareness very jumpy in the wind
Video examples
Safari Live - Day 320 PIPE...
disappears they are very jumpy when they won't go very far yeah they will go much further away from the den when she's in when she's available she's around otherwise they're quite skittish because they know or should I say through evolution of those cubs that have
Video examples
Tim Cope: On the Trail...
the country they considered national treasures there fortunately I was offered to buy this horse organ yoke and he was this big strong fighter or gelding what I didn't realize at the time however was that he was also such a jumpy paranoid animal that he would
Video examples
This Taxi Driver Has an...
they say you don't say um we take an off say I'm going on vacation government of Iraq if they know I'm gonna leave and not come back they put me in jail my family they told me Estefan mr. Liang we want you to be jumpy on it want you to
Video examples
Safari Live - Day 133 PIPE...
not too strong but definitely strong enough to affect some of the animals particularly your prey species you'll find your Impala and and vole beasts zebra and things like that will be quite jumpy too in this weather
Video examples
How we're harnessing...
When you release it -- snap! It brings back all the energy. So I'm sure everybody would like to have that material. But here's the to catch cat fleas is difficult. Why? Because they are jumpy.
Video examples
Welcome to Washington PIPE...
makes me jumpy I'm liking a little kid in my head I'm singing a little good song alright look at that there's my eyes hey life below zero above zero you never know who you're gonna meet you
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Quote examples
Sebastian Junger
American Author
The negative effects of combat were nightmares, and I'd get jumpy around certain noises and stuff, but you'd have that after a car accident or a bad divorce. Life's filled with trauma. You don't need to go to war to find it; it's going to find you. We all deal with it, and the effects go away after awhile. At least they did for me.
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Susan Hill
English Author
If you were writing a short ghost story, I would say start very quietly and go, 'One, two, three jump.' Or start with a jump and make it jumpier. But with a long story, it must have rises and falls.
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David Leitch
American Actor
There are a lot of big action movies that we've worked on where the attitude has been, 'Let's just get through this scene.' Then you get those jumpy, what-were-they-thinking action sequences.
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Bruce Eric Kaplan
American Cartoonist
My mother couldn't take having three boys. She was extremely jumpy, to say the least. Any noise startled her. The sound of a pot dropping on the ground could make her hit the ceiling.
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Matthew Pearl
American Novelist
Films have become shorter in length, jumpier in style, and simpler in story so that they can be more easily transferred to once under-exploited international markets.
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Billie Eilish
American Singer
I don't see myself as a pop artist. Like, when you hear 'pop,' you're like, 'Oh, bubblegum, jumpy little girly stuff,' and I feel like, 'Uh-uh. That's not me.
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Andrew Santino
American Comedian
I'm a little bit too jumpy, when sometimes I should just sit back and let it unfold as it's supposed to and think about it before I jump in.
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Neeti Mohan
Indian Musician
I quite often listen to Internet radio; especially the RnB section if I am jumpy.
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Maisie Williams
English Actress
If you put music into your Vine, and it's really jumpy, just do it over again.
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Chris Kyle
American Soldier
But even before I was in the military, I was extremely jumpy when asleep.
Quote examples
Sebastian Junger
American Author
The negative effects of combat were nightmares, and I'd get jumpy around certain noises and stuff, but you'd have that after a car accident or a bad divorce. Life's filled with trauma. You don't need to go to war to find it; it's going to find you. We all deal with it, and the effects go away after awhile. At least they did for me.
Quote examples
Susan Hill
English Author
If you were writing a short ghost story, I would say start very quietly and go, 'One, two, three jump.' Or start with a jump and make it jumpier. But with a long story, it must have rises and falls.
Quote examples
David Leitch
American Actor
There are a lot of big action movies that we've worked on where the attitude has been, 'Let's just get through this scene.' Then you get those jumpy, what-were-they-thinking action sequences.
Quote examples
Bruce Eric Kaplan
American Cartoonist
My mother couldn't take having three boys. She was extremely jumpy, to say the least. Any noise startled her. The sound of a pot dropping on the ground could make her hit the ceiling.
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Matthew Pearl
American Novelist
Films have become shorter in length, jumpier in style, and simpler in story so that they can be more easily transferred to once under-exploited international markets.
Quote examples
Billie Eilish
American Singer
I don't see myself as a pop artist. Like, when you hear 'pop,' you're like, 'Oh, bubblegum, jumpy little girly stuff,' and I feel like, 'Uh-uh. That's not me.
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Andrew Santino
American Comedian
I'm a little bit too jumpy, when sometimes I should just sit back and let it unfold as it's supposed to and think about it before I jump in.
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Neeti Mohan
Indian Musician
I quite often listen to Internet radio; especially the RnB section if I am jumpy.
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Maisie Williams
English Actress
If you put music into your Vine, and it's really jumpy, just do it over again.
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Chris Kyle
American Soldier
But even before I was in the military, I was extremely jumpy when asleep.
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