Usually means: Nervous energy or anxious impatience.
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▸ noun:  A state of impatience, agitation, and/or anxiety.

Similar:
stew, pucker, jitter, snit, pheeze, fizzle, fike, flutter, screaming meemies, heebie-jeebies, more...

Opposite:
calm, relaxed, composed, tranquil

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Similar:
stew, pucker, jitter, snit, pheeze, fizzle, fike, flutter, screaming meemies, heebie-jeebies, more...

Opposite:
calm, relaxed, composed, tranquil



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