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What (who) is jeebies - definition
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The heeby jeeby's; Heeby-jeebies; Heebie Jeebies; Heeby jeebys; Heebie jeebies; Heebie-jeebies (disambiguation); Heebie Jeebies (movie)
Heebie-jeebies
Heebie-jeebies is a phrase, widely attributed to Billy DeBeck, meaning a feeling of anxiety, apprehension, depression or illness.
heebie-jeebies
¦ plural noun (the heebie-jeebies) informal a state of nervous fear or anxiety.
Origin
1920s (orig. US): of unknown origin.
Heebie Jeebies (composition)
"Heebie Jeebies" is a composition written by Boyd Atkins which achieved fame when it was recorded by Louis Armstrong in 1926. Armstrong also performed "Heebie Jeebies" as a number at the Vendome Theatre.
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Heebie-jeebies
Heebie-jeebies is a phrase, widely attributed to Billy DeBeck, meaning a feeling of anxiety, apprehension, depression or illness.
Heebie-jeebies or heebie jeebies may also refer to:
- "Heebie Jeebies" (composition), a 1926 single by Louis Armstrong and his Hot Five
- "Heeby-Jeebies", a 1956 single by Little Richard
- "Heebiejeebies", a song on the album Good for You by Aminé featuring Kehlani
- The Heebee-jeebees, an a capella band from Canada
- The Hee Bee Gee Bees, a comedy parody of the Bee Gees
- Heebie Jeebies (film), a 2013 science fiction horror film
Examples of use of jeebies
1. Both men parted ways with a bad case of the heebie–jeebies.
2. Now Gary Lineker has made a land–grab, colonised more TV territory, and it‘s giving me the heebie–jeebies.
3. "I‘m getting a real case of heebie–jeebies," Joe Guinn, mission manager at NASA‘s Jet Propulsion Laboratory said on the eve of the landing.
4. Growth has just about returned to trend and clearly the idea that inflation is above 2% – even temporarily – gives the ECB‘s inflation hawks the heebie–jeebies.
5. The funeral attendees, struck with a collective case of the heebie–jeebies at the sight of the snake, decided to bury the creature along with the dead.