collywobbles

Plural: the collywobbles

Noun

severe gastroenteritis of unknown etiology; characterized by severe colic and vomiting and diarrhea
A stomach ache or an upset stomach.
Anxiety, fear, uneasiness.

Examples

I don’t like walking through the forest at night. It gives me the collywobbles.
Petunia’s off school today with a touch of the collywobbles.

Origin / Etymology

Probably from colic (“severe pains that grip the abdomen”) + wobble (“unsteady motion”). Alternatively, it has been suggested that the word derives from colly (“coal dust”) (in the sense of someone becoming ill from breathing in such dust), or that it is a corruption of cholera.

Synonyms

cholera morbus, bellyache, butterflies, butterflies in one’s stomach, creeps, heebie-jeebies, mulligrubs, tummyache, willies

Scrabble Score: 24

collywobbles: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Word
collywobbles: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
collywobbles: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 29

collywobbles: valid Words With Friends Word