jumping around
Hopping here, there
Jumping around describes moving energetically from place to place without settling, whether physically bouncing and leaping about or figuratively shifting attention between topics, tasks, or locations.
Children jump around a playground; adults jump around between jobs or ideas.
The presentation was hard to follow because he kept jumping around.
Stop jumping around and sit still for a minute.
The phrase suggests restlessness or lack of focus, though it can also convey playful exuberance.
- leapingSpringing into air
- frogsLeaping, croaking amphibians
- somersaultingRotating body end-over-end
- disorganizedLacking systematic arrangement
- all over the placeScattered without order
hopping · rabbits · impulsive · frenetic · kangaroos · zigzagging · pogo · pogo stick · ricocheting · erratic · tangential · changing the subject · bouncing · bouncing off the walls · grasshoppers · spontaneous · hyperactive · skipping
- hyperactivityfidgeting, hyper, restlessness, fidgety, restless
jumping aroundstanding still
Absence of motion
sitting still · staying put · plodding · shuffling · trudging
jumping aroundstanding still
Absence of motion
sitting quietly · sitting still · holding still · resting · staying put
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