Colloquial Variant guide
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Each Play button uses your device's default local English voice, or a natural local fallback. The selected voice name appears after playback. This is synthesized speech, not a source recording.
noun
Extreme nervousness or anxiety; terror; heebie-jeebies.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: plural, plural-only, slang
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
History
Unknown. Possibly imitative of the spluttering speech of one who is extremely nervous or anxious.
