noun · irregular · rare

collywobbles

col·ly·wob·bles

collywobbles · the collywobbles

A stomach ache or an upset stomachA stomach ache or an upset stomach.

UK/ˈkɒlɪwɒb(ə)lz/US/ˈkɑliˌwɑb(ə)lz/

» I've got the collywobbles.

У меня мандраж.

Meaning

2 senses

(UK, humorous, informal, plural, plural only)A stomach ache or an upset stomach.
Petunia’s off school today with a touch of the collywobbles.
(UK, broadly, humorous, informal, plural, plural only)Anxiety, fear, uneasiness.
I don’t like walking through the forest at night. It gives me the collywobbles.
мандра́жmandráž

More definitions

severe gastroenteritis of unknown etiology; characterized by severe colic and vomiting and diarrhea

Examples

2 sentences

I've got the collywobbles.
ruУ меня мандраж.
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Translations

1 languages

Русский

(informal, chiefly humorous) anxiety, fear, uneasiness:

Origin

Probably from colic (“severe pains that grip the abdomen”) + wobble (“unsteady motion”). A

Probably from colic (“severe pains that grip the abdomen”) + wobble (“unsteady motion”). Alternatively, it has been suggested that the word derives from colly (“coal dust”) (in the sense of someone becoming ill from breathing in such dust), or that it is a corruption of cholera.

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