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English Dictionary - With Multi-Lingual Search Your Query of 'willies' Resulted in 1 Matches Displaying Items 1 through 1 Definitions willies noun  (plural of, willy) (context, idiom, with "the") A feeling of nervousness or fear (usually in the phrase give someone the willies.) Staying in the haunted house gave me the willies. Etymology: The meaning "spell of nervousness," recorded since 1896, stems perhaps from the woollies, a dialectal term for "nervous uneasiness," probably in reference to the physical itchiness of wool garments.        Find:   Words Starting With:   Words Ending With:   Words Containing:   Words That Match:    Translate Into:    Dutch   French   German    Italian   Spanish Enter your search terms Submit search form   Web www.allwords.com Browse the Dictionary A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

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