Skeevies

noun, slang

noun, slang ·Uncommon ·College level

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Noun
  1. 1
    (the skeevies) A feeling of nausea or fear informal, rare, uncountable

    "The sensation gave Garfield the skeevies. Garfield the movie (book)"

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"The sensation gave Garfield the skeevies. Garfield the movie (book)"

Etymology

skeevy, from Italian schifo (“disgust, nausea”), Italian schifare (“to disgust, to loathe”), and Italian schifoso (“disgusting, loathsome”).

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