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View definitions for heebie-jeebies

heebie-jeebies

noun as in jitters

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Though, if animals could vote, I suspect they'd turn out for the Democrats, because Republicans can't seem to talk about pets without giving everyone the heebie-jeebies.

From Salon

These are the kind of numbers that will well and truly give Conservative MPs the heebie-jeebies.

From BBC

That is a double dose of the heebie-jeebies delivered in one day to nervous Tories.

From BBC

"I'm a bit of a clean freak and when I come in here it gives me the heebie-jeebies. I just can't wait to get out of here."

From BBC

And then Josie had had to pretend she was laughing at the word “heebie-jeebies,” not the idea that Max was surrounded by whatnot androids all the time, and he didn’t even know it.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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