antsy
/ˈantsi
/adjective (antsier, antsiest) North American informal
Agitated, impatient, or restless: Dick got antsy the day he put to sea...
- I lay restless and antsy, tossing and turning every couple of minutes.
- She sensed that he was growing impatient and somewhat antsy.
- And losing makes fans unhappy, coaches uneasy and owners antsy, ready to press the fire button.
Origin
Mid 19th century: probably from the phrase have ants in one's pants (see ant).
Rhymes
- thereout
- there's
- Theresa
- Theresa, Mother
- there's honour among thieves
- there's many a good tune played on an old fiddle
- there's many a slip 'twixt cup and lip
- there's more than one way to skin a cat
- there's more to someone (or something) than meets the eye
- there's no accounting for tastes (or taste)
- there's no fool like an old fool
- there's no law against it
- there's none so blind as those who will not see
- there's no (or little or not much) love lost between
- there's no such thing as a free lunch
- there's one (or a sucker) born every minute
- there's (or that's) —— for you
- there's safety in numbers
- the rest is history
- the Resurrection
- therethrough
- thereto
- theretofore
- thereunder
- thereunto