- wil|lies
- wil|lies «WIHL eez», noun (plural).Informal. a spell of nervousness: »
Bert gives me the willies the way he's always lookin' for trouble (Jack London).
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wil·lies — /ˈwıliz/ noun the willies informal : a nervous feeling Hearing noises at night gives me the willies. [=the creeps] … Useful english dictionary
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wil|ly — «WIHL ee», noun, plural lies, verb, lied, ly|ing. –n. = willow2. (Cf. ↑willow) –v.t. = willow2. (Cf. ↑willow) ╂[Middle English wile, Old English wilige < welig willow1] … Useful english dictionary
willies, the — wil|lies, the [ wıliz ] noun INFORMAL an uncomfortable feeling of being slightly frightened: The sound it makes gives you the willies … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
willies — wil•lies [[t]ˈwɪl iz[/t]] n. pl. nervousness or fright; jitters (usu. prec. by the) • Etymology: 1895–1900, amer.; orig. obscure; cf. s III … From formal English to slang
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Williamsport — /wil yeuhmz pawrt , pohrt /, n. a city in central Pennsylvania, on the Susquehanna River. 33,401. * * * ▪ Pennsylvania, United States city, seat (1796) of Lycoming county, north central Pennsylvania, U.S. It lies on the West Branch… … Universalium
Wilson — /wil seuhn/, n. 1. Sir Angus (Frank Johnstone) /jon steuhn, seuhn/, 1913 91, English writer. 2. August, born 1945, U.S. playwright. 3. Charles Thomson Rees /tom seuhn rees/, 1869 1959, Scottish physicist: Nobel prize 1927. 4. Edmund, 1895 1972, U … Universalium
Teufel — (s. ⇨ Teixel). 1. A mol muess ma m Teuffel uff de Wedel treta. – Birlinger, 1036. 2. All, wat de Düwel nich lesen kann (will), dat sleit he vörbi (oder: sleit he äwer). – Frommann, II, 389, 123; Eichwald, 346; Goldschmidt, 57; Kern, 1430. 3. Als… … Deutsches Sprichwörter-Lexikon
