jumpy

Adjective

1. Nervous and excited.
   • It was the butler who saw him go. Twelve o'clock at night and raining hard. So next night I was up at the house and, sure enough, master was off again. Stephens and I went after him, but it was jumpy work, for it would...
   • "I wish it was well over," admitted Hollyer. "I'm not particularly jumpy, but this gives me a touch of the creeps." - 1914, Ernest Bramah, Max Carrados:
2. Tending to jump; full of jumps.
   • We moved at a good clip, so I reached up to pull shut the window coverings, just in case this jumpy frog decided to escape. - 2018, Candice Gilmer, Ending The Curse:
   • Meanwhile, the car pursued its jumpy course, and I could not prevent myself laughing. - 2022, Maurice Renard, New Bodies for Old: