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jumpy
English
Etymology
From jump +? -y.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?d??mpi/
- Rhymes: -?mpi
Adjective
jumpy (comparative jumpier, superlative jumpiest)
- Nervous and excited.
Translations
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squirrelly
English
Alternative forms
- squirrely
Etymology
squirrel +? -ly, 1925. Presumably from erratic movement of squirrels, or by analogy with nuts (“insane”).
Pronunciation
- (General American) IPA(key): /?skw?li/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /?skw???li/
- Rhymes: -??(?)li, -???li
Adjective
squirrelly (comparative squirrellier or more squirrelly, superlative squirrelliest or most squirrelly)
- resembling a squirrel
- unpredictable or jumpy
- eccentric
See also
- batty
- nuts
- nutty
- See also Thesaurus:insane
References
- OED 2nd edition 1989
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