Usually means: Extreme agitation or nervous excitement.
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  1. habdabs: Green’s Dictionary of Slang
  2. habdabs: English slang and colloquialisms used in the United Kingdom

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▸ noun:  Alternative form of abdabs [(slang) Extreme nervousness or anxiety; terror; heebie-jeebies.]

Similar:
ab-dabs, flopsweat, hobbarddehoy, fantad, hobbedehoy, flabergastation, hub-bub, hobbardehoy, hobbetyhoy, hoberdehoy, more...

Opposite:
calmness, serenity, tranquility

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Similar:
ab-dabs, flopsweat, hobbarddehoy, fantad, hobbedehoy, flabergastation, hub-bub, hobbardehoy, hobbetyhoy, hoberdehoy, more...

Opposite:
calmness, serenity, tranquility



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