jumps

noun — 2 senses

jumps

noun

/d͡ʒʌmps/

1

Fashion, Lifestyle A bodice worn instead of stays by women in the 18th century.

2

Colloquial A jumpy or nervous condition.

  • Enderleigh looked sharply round, but the girl kept her face averted and quickly went out again. 'There's another who's certainly got the jumps,' said her master.1927, Ernest Bramah [pseudonym; Ernest Brammah Smith], Max Carrados Mysteries:

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