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Wiktionary
- n. the state of being jumpy
WordNet 3.0
- n. the anxious feeling you have when you have the jitters
Examples
“They had stuck too close to the house, and there was a "jumpiness" and fault-finding spirit seldom manifested by the four chums.”
The Outdoor Girls at Ocean View Or, The Box That Was Found in the Sand
“Sufferers are prone to nightmares, flash backs, and levels of "jumpiness" and anxiety that can make it impossible to live a normal life.”
“Applied to audio, a compressor smoothes out the "jumpiness" so the sound is more level.”
“jumpiness' to propel themselves to sample and learn extra new pieces of information.”
“The jumpiness has even spread to events only tangentially connected to New York, such as a false-alarm bomb scare in Portsmouth, N.H., on a Maine-to-New York bus.”
“The fundamentals are pointing, many of them, in a good direction," he said, but noted that the market's jumpiness may overshadow economic optimism for the time being.”
The Wall Street Journal: U.S. Stocks Headed for Fall on Egypt Turmoil
“Nevertheless, at 6-6, Tsonga was still prone enough to jumpiness to make him the wild outsider in any tie-break.”
“These guys were apparently just a few stupid drunks but the police response is indicative of the jumpiness the police are feeling about their personal safety.”
“But whatever the constellation of reasons -- from war-zone jumpiness to outright disregard for civilian lives -- the security companies are cited time after time for shootings that the documents plainly label as unjustified.”
“Hearing your cell phone ring - or even imaging that you're hearing it ring - is a big source of jumpiness.”
The Huffington Post: Gretchen Rubin: Balanced Life -- 11 Tips For Boosting Your Sense Of Quiet Focus
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