[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

jumpy \jump"y\, a. compar. jumpier; superl. jumpiest.
   jumping, or inducing to jump; characterized by jumps; hence,
   extremely nervous; jittery.

   syn: edgy, fidgety, high-strung, in suspensepredicate,
        jittery, nervous, nervy, overstrung, restive, uneasy,
        uptight.
        webster 1913 suppl. wordnet 1.5
see also:
jumpier jumpiest 

[2] : WordNet (r) 2.0

jumpy
     adj : being in a tense state syn: edgy, high-strung, highly
           strung, in suspensep, jittery, nervy, overstrung,
            restive, uptight
     also: jumpiest, jumpier
see also:
edgy high-strung highly strung in suspensep jittery nervy 
overstrung restive uptight jumpiest jumpier 

[3] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

93 moby thesaurus words for "jumpy":
   agitated, all shook up, all-overish, anxious, bashful, bustling,
   convulsive, cowardly, diffident, discomposed, disquieted,
   disturbed, eclamptic, edgy, excited, fearful, fearing, fearsome,
   feverish, fidgeting, fidgety, fitful, flurried, flustered,
   fluttering, fluttery, fretful, fussing, fussy, goosey, goosy,
   high-strung, in a quiver, in fear, jerking, jerky, jiggety,
   jittery, mousy, nervous, nervy, on edge, orgasmic, panicky,
   perturbed, queasy, quivering, quivery, rabbity, restive, restless,
   ruffled, saltatory, scary, shaken, shaken up, shaking, shaky,
   shivering, shivery, shook up, shrinking, shy, skittery, skittish,
   spasmodic, spastic, spooky, startlish, stirred up, tense, timid,
   timorous, trembling, trembly, tremulant, tremulous, trepidant,
   trigger-happy, troubled, troublous, turbulent, twitchety,
   twitching, twitchy, twittery, uneasy, unpeaceful, unquiet,
   unrestful, unsettled, upset, vellicative

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