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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. heebie-jeebies
  2. heebiejeebies
  3. heebies
  4. heebish
  5. heebs
  6. heeby jeebies
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  8. heeby-jeebies
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  10. heebygeebies
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