nervy

Etymology

nerve + -y

adj

  1. (US) Having nerve; bold; brazen.
    It takes a nervy man to promulgate such stuff, and Ted Nelson has made a career out of being nervy. 1988 April, David Gans, “Ted Nelson And The Ultimate Information Machine”, in MicroTimes, page 55
  2. (Britain) Feeling nervous, anxious or agitated.
    Blackpool continue to thrive on the adrenalin rush of the end-of-season shoot-out and are heading for a second Wembley date in two years after negotiating a nervy path past Birmingham. May 9, 2012, John Percy, “Birmingham City 2 Blackpool 2 (2-3 on agg): match report”, in the Telegraph
  3. (archaic) Strong; sinewy.
  4. (technical) jittery; having unwanted signal characteristics.

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