crawlies
English
editEtymology
editFrom creepy-crawlies and the creeps.
Noun
editcrawlies
- (informal) fear, anxiety
- 2012, Nathan Long, Jane Carver of Waar:
- Street light? Was I coming up in somebody's basement? Whatever it was, I was all for light. Trapped is bad. Trapped and blind gives me the crawlies.