Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A state of nervous excitement or confusion; a dither.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A sixpence.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A state of nervous excitement, confusion, or
distress ; adither . - noun UK, slang, archaic A
sixpence ; atester .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun an excited state of agitation
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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Upon further review I believe what may have gotten the cats into a tizzy is a possum.
Archive 2003-04-01 Ed 2003
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What really has the MSM in a tizzy is that Obama is NOT making controversial picks of people with limited experience and opposing philosophies.
National Security Team of Rivals - Swampland - TIME.com 2008
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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.
duh pookie 2008
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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.
duh pookie 2008
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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.
Get to the Good Part: In Praise of Shortened Attention Spans Terry Teachout 2011
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It's being called the tizzy at the top of the world.
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But what really has Cisco in a tizzy is the idea of Microsoft uniting Lync with Skype.
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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.
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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’ 2010
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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’ 2010
chained_bear commented on the word tizzy
"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
February 24, 2008