JUMPY


Meaning of JUMPY in English

jump ‧ y /ˈdʒʌmpi/ BrE AmE adjective

worried or nervous, especially because you are expecting something bad to happen SYN anxious

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THESAURUS

▪ nervous worried or a little frightened about something and unable to relax:

Kelly was so nervous about her exam that she couldn’t sleep.

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It makes me nervous when you drive that fast.

▪ tense worried and unable to relax in a way that makes you get angry or upset easily:

Mary’s problems at work were making her tense and irritable.

▪ uneasy nervous because you feel that something bad might happen, so that you are unable to relax until the danger has passed:

I began to feel uneasy when he still hadn’t phoned by 11 o'clock.

▪ on edge if you are on edge or your nerves are on edge, you feel nervous because you are worried about what might happen:

My nerves were on edge, waiting for the results of the test.

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Redundancies and other work upheavals have put employees on edge.

▪ neurotic nervous and anxious in a way that is not normal or reasonable:

She’s completely neurotic about food hygiene.

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a neurotic mother

▪ edgy/jumpy/jittery nervous because you are worried about what might happen:

Investors are a little edgy about the financial markets these days.

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There was a lot of pressure on the team tonight and that’s why they were a little jumpy.

▪ highly-strung British English , high-strung American English becoming nervous or upset easily because that is your character:

Like many musicians, he’s very sensitive and highly-strung.

▪ be a nervous wreck to feel extremely nervous and unable to relax:

After 10 months of teaching, I was a total nervous wreck.

▪ have butterflies (in your stomach) informal to feel nervous about something that you are going to do very soon because it is important and you want to do it well:

Actors often have butterflies before going on stage.

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English.      Longman - Словарь современного английского языка.