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heebie jeebies

heebie jeebies 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 heebie jeebies

What is heebie jeebies the alternative form of?
Heebie jeebies is the alternative form of heebie-jeebies.

Words near heebie jeebies in the dictionary

  1. heebee-geebees
  2. heebee-jeebees
  3. heebeegeebees
  4. heebeejeebees
  5. Heebie
  6. heebie jeebies
  7. heebie-jeebies
  8. heebiejeebies
  9. heebies
  10. heebish
  11. heebs

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