antsy

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So I was antsy, antsy, antsy, because I saw pork belly listed about halfway down the menu and could not WAIT to eat it.

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  1. adjective Slang Restless or impatient; fidgety: The long wait made the children antsy.
  2. adjective Slang Nervous; apprehensive: "Camps got shot up all the time, but if there wasn't a shoot-up, they'd get antsy” (Harper's).

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  • By five o'clock I was feeling antsy, and my rayon skirt had serious crotch wrinkles. —  One For The Money
  • It's no wonder that every January I get a little antsy -- it's —  RVABlogs
  • Getting antsy, Watkins wants to move things along.
  • If this doesn't satisfy your antsy-ness, motorbiking through the hills of the park is highly recommended. —  HotelChatter -
  • Your headline says Obama is "mostly silent" on Gaza, and your article speaks questionably about Democrats supposedly being increasingly "antsy" about his purported refusal to weigh in on the Gaza war. —  Top Stories - Google News
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  1. Perhaps from the incessant motions of ants.
 

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