JUMPY
ADJECTIVES
► AFRAID OF ONE’S SHADOW adj. scared of small or imaginary things; very easily frightened; jumpy; nervous → 1994 (Bk.)
► ALL OF A JUMP in a jumpy or nervous state → 1825 orig. US
► ALL OF A WONK jumpy, nervous, tense → 1910s sl.
► BOBBLY jumpy, irregular of movement → 1909 colloq.
► GOOSEY ► GOOSY nervous, jumpy, touchy, ticklish → 1906 Amer. dial.
► HINCTY ► HINKTY scared, jumpy, nervous, paranoid → 1957 US sl.
► HINKEY ► HINKY wary or extremely cautious; feeling suspicion; hence, nervous or jumpy → 1956 Amer. sl.
► OFF ONE’S EGGS nervous or jumpy → 1922 Sc.
► TWITCHETY twitchy, nervous, fidgety; also, of a thing, moving back and forth rapidly; jerky, jumpy → 1859
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