| 单词 | to give the screaming habdabs |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto give (a person) the screaming habdabs Nervous anxiety, the heebie-jeebies, esp. in to give (a person) the screaming habdabs. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > fear > nervousness or uneasiness > [noun] > nervousness > (the) jitters the jitters1929 jitterbug1934 habdabs1946 1946 Penguin New Writing 28 177 Come on, kid. This joint gives me the hab-dabs. 1962 Spectator 8 June 761/3 Treasure Island gives pleasure and excitement to some and the screaming habdabs to others. 1963 Spectator 19 July 72 A desperate tension which the slightest crisis will transform into the screaming abdabs once more. 1966 L. Davidson Long Way to Shiloh ii. 28 Uri's whimsy-shrouded secrecy, strenuously maintained throughout the journey, had already brought on a severe attack of the habdabs. < as lemmas |
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