Reverse Dictionary: PANIC

ADJECTIVES
► ALL OF A TISWAS ► ALL OF A TIZWAS in a state of panic or excited confusion → 1984 UK sl.
► ALL OF A TIZZY in a state of panic or excited confusion → 1984 UK sl.
► FEAR-FANGIT panic-stricken, overcome with fear → 1827 Sc.
► FUNKED seized by fear or panic; frightened; agitated, unsettled, disturbed → 1831
► FUNKED OUT seized by fear or panic; agitated, unsettled, disturbed → 1859
► IN A DITHER flustered, confused; in a state of panic → 1996 Aust. sl. (Bk.)
► IN A FLAP flustered, confused; in a state of panic → 1916 sl. 
► PANICFUL full of panic, fearful → 1846
► PANICKED OUT in a complete panic → 1970s US sl.

NOUNS
► ACE-DEUCE a panic attack; a fit of nerves; a sudden fit of temper → 1921 US sl.
► ACEY-DEUCEY a panic attack; a fit of nerves; a sudden fit of temper → 1964 US sl.
► BOBSY-DIE a fuss; panic → 1981 Aust. colloq. (Bk.)
► CONFLOPTION a great flurry, confusion, panic, fluster → 19C Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
► FLAP a state of panic, distress, agitation or restlessness → 1916 sl.
► FLOP SWEAT a panic associated with the possibility of failure, whether or not actual perspiration is involved → 1966 US sl.
► FREAK-OUT a complete panic and loss of control → 1970 US sl.
► FUNK a state of cowardice, terror, fear; a state of panic, extreme nervousness, agitation → 1743 orig. Oxford University sl.
► PANOPHOBIA a form of melancholia marked by causeless or excessive terror; sudden fear or panic → 1799
► PANSHINE a flurry, a to-do, a state of excitement, a panic or muddle → a1838 Sc.
► PANSHIT a flurry, a to-do, a state of excitement, a panic or muddle → a1838 Sc.
► PUCKER panic, contretemps → 1991 Irish sl.
► SCAR a fright; a panic; an object of alarm → 1791 Sc. & Eng. dial.
► SWIVET agitation; a fluster or panic; a hurry → 1892 Eng. & Amer. dial.
► TIZ-WIZZ a state of agitation, restlessness, nervousness, confusion or dither for little reason; panic, a flap → 1935 sl., orig. US
► TIZZ ► TIZZYa state of agitation, restlessness, nervousness, confusion or dither for little reason; panic, a flap → 1935 sl., orig. US

NOUNS – PERSON
► FREAK-OUT one who is panicking; a freaked out person → 2006 US sl. (Bk.)
► PANIC MERCHANT a person who habitually panics → 1962 Aust. sl.
► PANIC-MONGER one who endeavours to bring about or foster a panic, esp. on a political, social, or financial question; an alarmist; a term of opprobrium → 1849

PHRASES
► KEEP A TIGHT ASSHOLE to avoid panicking; to keep cool → 1918 Amer. military sl.

​VERBS
► ACT AS IF ONE’S KNICKERS WERE ON FIRE to panic, to behave hysterically → 1960s sl.
► BUG to panic, to be anxious → 1988 US sl.
► CHUCK A WOBBLY to panic, to suffer a fit of nerves → 1986 sl.
► CLANK ► CLANK UP to panic; to be paralyzed by fear → 1940 World War II US Air Force sl.
► CLUTCH to panic or become tense → 1970 US students’ sl. (Bk.)
► FLAP to be or become agitated or flustered; to panic → 1912 sl.
► FREAK ► FREAK OUT to panic → 1964 US sl.
► GAG to panic in the face of a great challenge → 1988 US sl.
► GLIFF to take fright, to alarm, to startle; to be seized with a panic or sudden fear; to frighten → 1823 obs. exc. Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
► HIT THE PANIC BUTTON to panic, to over-react, to summon aid → 1950s
► JUMP THROUGH ONE’S ASS to go wild with fear or confusion; to panic → 1969 Amer. sl.
► PRESS THE PANIC BUTTON to begin panicking or over-reacting → Aust. sl.
► PUSH THE BUTTON to panic → 1967 Amer. sl.