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heebee jeebees

heebee jeebees is the alternative form of heebie-jeebies.

Meaning of heebie-jeebies

Noun

heebie-jeebies pl (plural only)

  1. (US, informal, plural, plural-only) A general feeling of anxiety, fear, uneasiness, or nausea.
    • I don't mind worms, but spiders give me the heebie-jeebies.

Questions about heebee jeebees

What is heebee jeebees the alternative form of?
Heebee jeebees is the alternative form of heebie-jeebies.

Words near heebee jeebees in the dictionary

  1. hee-haws
  2. hee-hee
  3. heead
  4. heeb
  5. heebee geebees
  6. heebee jeebees
  7. heebee-geebees
  8. heebee-jeebees
  9. heebeegeebees
  10. heebeejeebees
  11. Heebie

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