Reverse Dictionary: JITTERINESS

ADJECTIVES
► NERVOUS AS A RAT very nervous, jittery → 1996 Amer. dial. (Bk.)
► SNAKY jittery, shaky, esp. as the result of delirium tremens → 1884 Amer. dial.
► TWITTERLY shaking, trembling, jittery; in a state of nervous agitation → 1896 obs.
► TWITTERY shaking, trembling, jittery; in a state of nervous agitation; also, of a nervous or sensitive disposition → 1840

NOUNS
► JIMMIES, THE the fidgets, jitteriness; a fit of depression → 1928 colloq.
► HEEB a jittery sensation; a fearful feeling; a sense of anxiety → 1996 UK sl.
► HEEBIE-JEEBIES the jitters; a sense of anxiety → 1923 US sl.
► HEEBIES the jitters; a sense of anxiety → 1926 US sl.
► KATZENJAMMER anxiety or jitters → 20C US sl.
► PEADODDLES, THE ► PEEDOODLES, THE the jitters, nervousness → 1835 Amer. dial.
► ST. VITUS’S DANCE nerves, jitters, shakes → 20C sl.

VERBS
► GEEK UP to excite or stimulate a person; to make a person nervous or jittery → 1984 US sl.