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skeevies

skeevies noun: (the skeevies) A feeling of nausea or fear.

Noun

skeevies (uncountable)

  1. (informal, rare) (the skeevies) A feeling of nausea or fear
    • The sensation gave Garfield the skeevies. Garfield the movie (book)
    • He definitely gave me “the skeevies.” Peter Jackson releases his adaptation of 'The Lovely Bones, Corsair Feb 1, 2010

Origin of skeevies

skeevy, from Italian schifo (“disgust, nausea”), Italian schifare (“to disgust, to loathe”), and Italian schifoso (“disgusting, loathsome”).

Questions about skeevies

What does skeevies mean?
Skeevies means (the skeevies) A feeling of nausea or fear.
What part of speech is skeevies?
Skeevies is a noun.

Words near skeevies in the dictionary

  1. skeeved
  2. skeeved out
  3. skeeves
  4. skeeves out
  5. skeevier
  6. skeevies
  7. skeeviest
  8. skeevin'
  9. skeeviness
  10. skeeving
  11. skeeving out

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