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«Heebie Jeebies» es una composición escrita por Boyd Atkins y que alcanzó fama mundial al ser grabada por Louis Armstrong en 1926. La grabación de la banda Louis Armstrong and his Hot Five para Okeh Records incluye uno de los estribillos más famosos de scatting.
A feeling of anxiety, apprehension or illness. What's the origin of the phrase 'Heebie-jeebies'? The sound of this term seems to hark back to earlier rhyming phrases, like hocus-pocus and mumbo-jumbo, with a touch of the jitters thrown in. The meaning is more like the British term – the screaming habdabs.
noun [ plural ] informal (also heebie jeebies) uk / ˌhiː.biˈdʒiː.biz / us / ˌhiː.biˈdʒiː.biz / the heebie-jeebies. Add to word list. a feeling of nervousness or fear: The economic situation is giving a lot of investors the heebie-jeebies. get the heebie-jeebies She used to get the heebie-jeebies walking home at night. Fewer examples.
The tale of a comic-strip race horse, Louis Armstrong, and a jittery dance. In the latest installment of Slate's podcast Lexicon Valley, I look at the origins of an expression that turns nervousness and apprehension into a jokey malady: the heebie-jeebies.
Add to word list. a feeling of nervousness or fear: The economic situation is giving a lot of investors the heebie-jeebies. get the heebie-jeebies She used to get the heebie-jeebies walking home at night. Menos ejemplos. By the end of the week, I was zooming down slopes that had given me the heebie-jeebies at the start.
Heebie-jeebies is a phrase, widely attributed to Billy DeBeck, meaning a feeling of anxiety, apprehension, depression or illness. Heebie-jeebies or heebie jeebies may also refer to: "Heebie Jeebies" (composition), a 1926 single by Louis Armstrong and his Hot Five.
hee· bie-jee· bies ˌhē-bē-ˈjē-bēz. Synonyms of heebie-jeebies. : jitters, creeps. Synonyms. butterflies. dither. jimjams. jitters. nerves. screaming meemies. shakes. shivers. whim-whams. willies. See all Synonyms & Antonyms in Thesaurus. Examples of heebie-jeebies in a Sentence. got a bad case of the heebie-jeebies before the audition.
