Usually means: Feeling of nervousness or unease.
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  1. willies, the willies: Merriam-Webster
  2. willies: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. willies: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. willies, the willies: Collins English Dictionary
  5. willies: Vocabulary.com
  6. Willie's, Willies, Willies, willies: Wordnik
  7. willies, the willies: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. willies: Wiktionary
  9. willies: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. willies: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  11. willies: Infoplease Dictionary
  12. willies, the willies: Dictionary.com
  13. willies: Online Etymology Dictionary
  14. The Willies (film), The Willies, Willies: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  15. willies: Rhymezone
  16. willies: FreeDictionary.org
  17. willies: Mnemonic Dictionary
  18. The Willies: The Word Detective
  19. willies: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. willies: Idioms

Slang (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. willies: Green’s Dictionary of Slang
  2. willies: English slang and colloquialisms used in the United Kingdom
  3. The Willies, willies: Urban Dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (willies)

▸ noun:  (colloquial) A feeling of nervousness or fear.

Similar:
whim-wham, collywobbles, sweats, heebie-jeebies, qualm, jitter, tiswas, screaming meemies, willywaw, crawlies, more...

Types:
heebie-jeebies, creeps, more...

Phrases:
holy willies, the willies, willy willies, The Little Willies, more...

Adjectives:
willy, little, weary, holy, big, willie, blue, veritable, existential, jelly, wet


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Similar:
whim-wham, collywobbles, sweats, heebie-jeebies, qualm, jitter, tiswas, screaming meemies, willywaw, crawlies, more...

Types:
heebie-jeebies, creeps, more...

Phrases:
holy willies, the willies, willy willies, The Little Willies, more...

Adjectives:
willy, little, weary, holy, big, willie, blue, veritable, existential, jelly, wet



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