Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. Slang A state of nervous excitement or confusion; a dither.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. A sixpence.
Wiktionary
WordNet 3.0
- n. an excited state of agitation
Etymologies
- Origin unknown.
Examples
“Upon further review I believe what may have gotten the cats into a tizzy is a possum.”
“The part that sends me into a pissed off tizzy is that this also guarantees freedom for men: freedom from accountability, freedom from financial and cultural responsibility, freedom to go around humping women without a second thought to the consequences.”
“What really has the MSM in a tizzy is that Obama is NOT making controversial picks of people with limited experience and opposing philosophies.”
“The latest alleged trend to set the world in a tizzy is the Crisis of Shorter Attention Spans, a dire development that has been brought about by the rise of the Internet.”
The Wall Street Journal: Get to the Good Part: In Praise of Shortened Attention Spans
“It's being called the tizzy at the top of the world.”
“But what really has Cisco in a tizzy is the idea of Microsoft uniting Lync with Skype.”
“Congress General Secretary Rahul Gandhi's unscheduled train journey sent the Railway Police into a tizzy, which is on its toes after recent information of terror threat to suburban railway lines.”
“Rahul Gandhi's unscheduled train journey sends police into tizzy police into a tizzy, which is on its toes after recent information of”
WN.com - Articles related to Rahul travels on Mumbai local, Sena calls it ‘drama’
“What gets me in a tizzy is the following sentence, which in my view gets to the crux of the argument:”
“What has got the airlines in a tizzy are the rising losses, which --- as per the Centre for Asia Pacific Aviation (CAPA) estimates --- touched $2 billion in FY09.”
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These user-created lists contain the word ‘tizzy’.
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baffle, farrago, confound, befuddle, daze, disorient, discombobulate, stupefy, perplex, mystify, bewilder, boggle and 134 more...
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zany, waxy, wavy, arty, chewy, bony, boxy, cozy, nosy, foxy, wiry, junky and 321 more...
chained_bear "At the Ship he gave her a shilling, and her face dropped. 'That's a shilling,' he said. 'Han't you ever seen a shilling?' She shook her head. 'It's twelve pennies,' he said, looking at his change. 'You know what a tizzy is, I dare say?'
"'Oh yes. Everybody knows what a tizzy is,' said Margaret rather scornfully.
"'Well, here are two of 'em. Because twice six is twelve, do you see.'"
--Patrick O'Brian, The Reverse of the Medal, 120 Feb 24, 2008