| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| SYLLABICATION: | ant·sy |
| PRONUNCIATION: |   nt s |
| ADJECTIVE: | Inflected forms: ant·si·er, ant·si·est
Slang 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). | | ETYMOLOGY: | Perhaps from the incessant motions of ants.
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