tizzy
/ˈtɪzi
/(also tizz)
noun (plural tizzies) [in singular] informal
A state of nervous excitement or agitation: he got into a tizzy and was talking absolute tosh...
- With a mass of further celebrations to come, the community is in a tizzy of excitement.
- Don't let them work you into a tizzy, let them stir their stupid pot.
- Consternation froths up into a fragrant tizz of sympathetic disapproval.
Origin
1930s (originally US): of unknown origin.
Rhymes
- Para piassava
- ParaPlane
- paraplasm
- Paraplast
- paraplegia
- paraplegic
- paraplegic games
- Paraplegic Olympics
- parapluie
- parapod
- parapodial
- parapodium
- parapolar
- parapolitical
- parapophysial
- parapophysis
- parapraxia
- parapraxis
- paraproctitis
- paraproctium
- paraprofessional
- paraprotein
- paraproteinaemia
- paraproteinemia
- scattergram