jump around

Verb

Meaning

To move erratically by jumping.
He was jumping around with excitement.

To move from side to side, or fidget e.g. with nervousness.

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Examples

That's all I wanted to do as a kid. Play a guitar properly and jump around. But too many people got in the way. Syd Barrett

But as an actor you do want to challenge yourself and step outside what you have done in the past and that what I like to do, I like to jump around and try different things and stretch myself. Mary Elizabeth Winstead

I've been very fortunate to be able to jump around. I just did this really wonderful film called Map of the World. That was a real, amazing, dramatic story. Then I did a movie called Company Men, a little comedy about the Bay of Pigs. Sigourney Weaver

Look, I really don't want to wax philosophic, but I will say that if you're alive, you got to flap your arms and legs, you got to jump around a lot, you got to make a lot of noise. . ., or at least your thoughts should be noisy and colorful and lively. Mel Brooks

I think I have always tried to do the smaller films. I like to jump around and there is something really nice for acting in a smaller film. But I think now, Hollywood's movies certainly involve a younger generation for the most part and so... I love going back and forth. Sigourney Weaver

A toad does not jump around in the daytime, unless something is after its life. Nigerian Proverb

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