Usually means: Feeling of discomfort or anxiety.
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General (20 matching dictionaries)
  1. heebie-jeebies, the heebie-jeebies: Merriam-Webster
  2. heebie-jeebies: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. heebie-jeebies: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. heebie-jeebies, heebie-jeebies, the heebie-jeebies, the heebie-jeebies: Collins English Dictionary
  5. heebie-jeebies: Vocabulary.com
  6. heebie-jeebies: Wordnik
  7. the heebie-jeebies: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. heebie-jeebies: Wiktionary
  9. heebie-jeebies: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. heebie-jeebies: Infoplease Dictionary
  11. heebie-jeebies, the heebie-jeebies: Dictionary.com
  12. heebie-jeebies: Online Etymology Dictionary
  13. Heebie-jeebies: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  14. heebie-jeebies: Rhymezone
  15. heebie-jeebies: FreeDictionary.org
  16. heebie-jeebies: Mnemonic Dictionary
  17. heebie-jeebies: TheFreeDictionary.com
  18. Heebie-jeebies: World Wide Words

Medicine (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. Heebie-jeebies: MedTerms.com Medical Dictionary
  2. Heebie-jeebies: Drug Medical Dictionary

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)
  1. heebie-jeebies: A Word A Day

Slang (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. heebie-jeebies: Green’s Dictionary of Slang
  2. heebie-jeebies: English slang and colloquialisms used in the United Kingdom
  3. heebie-jeebies: Urban Dictionary

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▸ noun:  (informal) A general feeling of anxiety, fear, uneasiness, or nausea.

Similar:
heebeejeebees, heebies, abdabs, skeevies, screaming meemies, jitter, willies, pheeze, shudder, qualm, more...

Opposite:
calmness, serenity, tranquility

Types:
willies, creeps, jitters, shivers, more...

Phrases:
the heebie-jeebies, more...


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Similar:
heebeejeebees, heebies, abdabs, skeevies, screaming meemies, jitter, willies, pheeze, shudder, qualm, more...

Opposite:
calmness, serenity, tranquility

Types:
willies, creeps, jitters, shivers, more...

Phrases:
the heebie-jeebies, more...



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