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# jumpy

adjective (jumpy, jumpier, jumpiest)

«jumpy» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. (informal) Nervous and easily frightened or startled. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/J/jumpy/#m1)
2. Moving in sudden jerks; not smooth (a jumpy video). [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/J/jumpy/#m2)
3. (money) Going up and down quickly and unpredictably, like prices. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/J/jumpy/#m3)

### In the lessons

In stories it shows a character is scared or on edge: «Everyone was jumpy after the strange noise». About pets: a jumpy horse or cat. About screens: a jumpy picture. In maths graphs, a «jumpy» line rises and falls a lot rather than steadily. Phrases: «feel jumpy», «a bit jumpy».

### Examples

- After the ghost story, everyone was a bit jumpy. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/J/jumpy/#x1)
- The cat is jumpy during fireworks. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/J/jumpy/#x2)
- I always feel jumpy before a big test. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/J/jumpy/#x3)
- The video was jumpy because the internet was slow. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/J/jumpy/#x4)
- The horse was jumpy, so we spoke to it softly. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/J/jumpy/#x5)
- The graph of the temperature looked jumpy because it changed every hour. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/J/jumpy/#x6)
- Dad gets jumpy when the car makes a strange noise. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/J/jumpy/#x7)

### Note

Comparative: jumpier, jumpiest (y → i). Informal word; in formal writing use «nervous» or «anxious». Not the same as «jumping» (actually doing jumps). A jumpy person is not necessarily jumping at all.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «jumpy» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/J/jumpy/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«jumpy» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/jumpy.html) on Mova free.