Definitions for willies

willies wil·lies

Spelling: [wil-eez]
IPA: /ˈwɪl iz/

Willies is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 10 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 12 points.

You can make 79 anagrams from letters in willies (eiillsw).

Definitions for willies

noun

  1. nervousness or fright; jitters; creeps (usually preceded by the):
  2. a male given name, form of William.
  3. a female given name.
  4. willow (def 4).

verb (used with object)

  1. to willow (cotton).

Origin of willies

1895-1900, Americanism; origin obscure; cf. -s3

Examples for willies

They give me the jimjams, the willies, and I want to get away.

The "willies" themselves had had the best of care and attention.

If I'm in for having a trained nurse do it for me, it'll give me the willies.

There is also a place for a gun in the rear, but this is rarely used, for "willies" do not often turn tail and flee!

It was no fault of willies that the play had not succeeded, and it was cruel to visit such a misfortune upon his innocent head.

It was not willies knock, she knew, but it might be news of Willie.

A guy like me, which has got a real expressive face, could get the willies just looking at them.

Minnie Mead, willies wife, turned in $40 by her sewing machine.

He is quite good at the willies,24 and so I think we have got a fair chance.

In a word, we had succumbed to the "willies," and would permit no man to utter a word of criticism against them.

Word Value for willies
Scrable

10

Words with friends

12

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