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heeby-jeebies

heeby-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 heeby-jeebies

What is heeby-jeebies the alternative form of?
Heeby-jeebies is the alternative form of heebie-jeebies.

Words near heeby-jeebies in the dictionary

  1. heebies
  2. heebish
  3. heebs
  4. heeby jeebies
  5. heeby jeebys
  6. heeby-jeebies
  7. heeby-jeebys
  8. heebygeebies
  9. heebyjeebies
  10. heed
  11. heedance

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