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jumpy

/ˈd͡ʒʌmpi/ adjective C2
  1. Nervous and excited.
  2. Tending to jump; full of jumps. · Near-synonym: saltatory

Comparative jumpier · Superlative jumpiest

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I don’t wonder that my uncle got a little jumpy if he lived all alone in such a house as this.
The Hound of the Baskervilles, p. 73 · C1

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