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Definition of the heebie-jeebies noun from the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary

the heebie-jeebies

noun

NAmE//ˌhibi ˈdʒibiz//

[plural] (old-fashioned) (informal)

a feeling of nervous fear or worry Being alone in the dark gives me the heebie-jeebies.

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