screaming-meemies — /skree ming mee meez/, n. (used with a sing. or pl. v.) Informal. extreme nervousness; hysteria (usually prec. by the). [1925 30; redupl. with alter. of SCREAMING; see Y2, S3] * * * … Universalium
screaming-meemies — /skree ming mee meez/, n. (used with a sing. or pl. v.) Informal. extreme nervousness; hysteria (usually prec. by the). [1925 30; redupl. with alter. of SCREAMING; see Y2, S3] … Useful english dictionary
meemies — ˈmēmēz, miz noun plural but singular in construction Etymology: by shortening : screaming meemies you get the meemies when you re shut up in a tight spot F.L.Harvey … Useful english dictionary
blue devils — Synonyms and related words: blahs, blue Johnnies, blues, dismals, dods, doldrums, dolefuls, dorts, dumps, frumps, grumps, megrims, mopes, mulligrubs, mumps, pink elephants, pink spiders, pouts, snakes, sulks, sullens, the beezie weezies, the… … Moby Thesaurus
heebie jeebies — Synonyms and related words: all overs, blue Johnnies, blue devils, cold shivers, cold sweat, dither, dithers, jimjams, jitters, jumps, pink elephants, pink spiders, quivers, shakes, shivers, snakes, sweat, the beezie weezies, the heebie jeebies,… … Moby Thesaurus
jimjams — Synonyms and related words: agitation, all overs, blue Johnnies, blue devils, chills of fear, cold creeps, cold shivers, cold sweat, creeps, disquiet, disquietude, dithers, fear and trembling, goose bumps, gooseflesh, heartquake, heebie jeebies,… … Moby Thesaurus
shakes — Synonyms and related words: ague, all overs, blue Johnnies, blue devils, bumpiness, chattering, chorea, cold shivers, cold sweat, didder, disquiet, disquietude, dithers, fidgetiness, fidgets, fits and starts, flutter, heaving, heebie jeebies,… … Moby Thesaurus
meamies — n. the willies a mental breakdown. □ They sent Bart away with the screaming meemies. □ I need some sleep. I’m about to come down with the scream ing meamies … Dictionary of American slang and colloquial expressions
jitter — n 1. jitters nervousness, uneasiness, fear, trembling, shaking, quivering, quaking, Inf. the shakes; fidgetiness, perturbation, tension, restlessness, skittishness, Inf. fantods, Sl. willies, Sl. heebie jeebies, Sl. whim whams, Sl. jimjams, Inf.… … A Note on the Style of the synonym finder
willies — n. a case of fear or anxiety. (See also screaming meemies.) □ That kind of movie always gives me the willies. □ I got the willies before the test … Dictionary of American slang and colloquial expressions
jitters — n. an uneasy state; nervousness; as, the prospect of being drafted gave him a bad case of the jitters. Syn: nervousness, nerves, screaming meemies. [WordNet 1.5] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English