heebie-jeebies
heebie-jeebies · heebie-jeebieses
A general feeling of anxiety, fear, uneasiness, or nauseaA general feeling of anxiety, fear, uneasiness, or nausea.
/ˌhiː.biːˈdʒiː.biːz/
Meaning
1 senses(US, informal, plural, plural only)A general feeling of anxiety, fear, uneasiness, or nausea.
I don't mind worms, but spiders give me the heebie-jeebies.
When I see that weird house, I get the heebie-jeebies.
Angstzustände, Gänsehaut
More definitions
- extreme nervousness
Translations
3 languagesDeutsch
a general feeling of anxiety, fear, uneasiness, or nausea:
Origin
The earliest found occurrences of spelling variants (it is not established whether the firThe earliest found occurrences of spelling variants (it is not established whether the first one coined the term or committed to print an earlier oral expression):
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Forms
plural: heebie-jeebieses| Singular | heebie-jeebies |
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Synonyms
6 synonymsClose in meaning
- extreme nervousness:jittersscreaming meemies