Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun plural A feeling of uneasiness or nervousness; the jitters.
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- noun US, idiomatic A general feeling of
anxiety ,fear ,uneasiness , ornausea .
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- noun extreme nervousness
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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And even though I'm currently writing my twelfth novel, the jitters and the heebie-jeebies and head-banging ohmygod/whatwasithinking/i'moutofmyfreakingmind mantra still runs through my brain.
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Nothing beats "the heebie-jeebies you get underwater, in the dark, with this little sea monster biting you," he says.
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And yes teufelhunden those cottonmouths always gave me the heebie-jeebies as well.
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Her kiss with that hot guy gave me the heebie-jeebies.
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And yes teufelhunden those cottonmouths always gave me the heebie-jeebies as well.
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Yes | No | Report from teufelhunden wrote 51 weeks 4 days ago cottonmouth, they still give me the heebie-jeebies.
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Kind of the same way that Bryan Adams 'song "Have You Ever - Really - Loved a Woman" gives me the heebie-jeebies.
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And, that Kiran always looks like he's giving her the heebie-jeebies.
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All those Fruedian-slips showing is enough to give ya the heebie-jeebies when you start to write some thing.
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Yes | No | Report from teufelhunden wrote 51 weeks 4 days ago cottonmouth, they still give me the heebie-jeebies.
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