antsy
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ant·sy
(ănt′sē)adj. ant·si·er, ant·si·est Informal
1. Restless or impatient; fidgety: The long wait made the children antsy.
2. Nervous; apprehensive: "Camps got shot up all the time, but if there wasn't a shoot-up, they'd get antsy" (Harper's).
[Perhaps from the incessant motions of ants.]
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antsy
(ˈæntsɪ)adj, antsier or antsiest
informal restless, nervous, and impatient
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ants•y
(ˈænt si)adj. ants•i•er, ants•i•est. Informal.
1. impatient; restless.
2. uneasy; anxious.
[1950–55]
ants′i•ness, n.
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| Adj. | 1. | antsy - nervous and unable to relax; "a constant fretful stamping of hooves"; "a restless child" tense - in or of a state of physical or nervous tension |
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Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
antsy
[ˈæntsi] (US) adj (= nervous) [person] → nerveux/euse; [mood] → tendu(e)
(= restless) to be antsy [person] → avoir la bougeotte
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