(tizzy)
1tizzy — 1935, Amer.Eng. colloquial, of uncertain origin, perhaps related to slang tizzy sixpence piece (1804), a corruption of tester, a name for the coin (see TESTER (Cf. tester) (2)) …
2tizzy — UK [ˈtɪzɪ] / US or tizz UK [tɪz] / US noun in a tizzy …
3tizzy — (also tizz) ► NOUN (pl. tizzies) informal ▪ a state of nervous excitement or agitation. ORIGIN of unknown origin …
4tizzy — ☆ tizzy [tiz′ē ] n. pl. tizzies [< ?] Informal a state of frenzied excitement, esp. over some trivial matter …
5tizzy — [[t]tɪ̱zi[/t]] PHRASE: v link PHR, PHR after v If you get in a tizzy or into a tizzy, you get excited, worried, or nervous about something, especially something that is not important. [INFORMAL] He was in a right tizzy, muttering and swearing...… …
6tizzy — [“tizi] n. a state of confusion. (See also twit.) □ The kind of tizzy that this place gets into drives me up the wall. □ The office was in a tizzy when I left …
7tizzy — Tester Tes ter, n. [For testern, teston, fr. F. teston, fr. OF. teste the head, the head of the king being impressed upon the coin. See {Tester} a covering, and cf. {Testone}, {Testoon}.] An old French silver coin, originally of the value of… …
8tizzy — tiz|zy [ˈtızi] n also tizz [tız] [singular] informal in a tizzy feeling worried, nervous, and confused …
9tizzy — tiz|zy [ tızi ] or tizz [ tız ] noun in a tizzy INFORMAL feeling very nervous or confused …
10tizzy — the coolest; the best of the best Man that shirt is tizzy! …