Panicky

Definition: Panicky

Panicky

Adjective

1. Thrown into a state of intense fear or desperation; "became panicky as the snow deepened"; "felt panicked before each exam"; "trying to keep back the panic-stricken crowd"; "the terrified horse bolted".

Date "panicky" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1900. (references)

Synonyms: Panicky

Synonyms: frightened (adj), panicked (adj), panic-stricken (adj), panic-struck (adj), terrified (adj). (additional references)

Crosswords: Panicky

English words defined with "panicky": frightened ♦ panicked, panic-stricken, panic-struck ♦ terrified. (references)

Specialty definitions using "panicky": Blackboard. (references)

Domain

Usage

Movie/TV Titles

Panicky Pup (1933)

A Panicky Pullman (1922)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Speaker	Term	Phrase(s)
John F. Kennedy	1961-1963	Laying aside all alarmist talk and panicky solutions, let us put that knotty problem in its proper perspective.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

"Panicky" is generally used as an adjective (general or positive) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Panicky" is used about 83 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)

Parts of Speech	Percent	Usage per 100 Million Words	Rank in English
Adjective (general or positive)	100%	83	36,350

Expression using "panicky": get panicky. Additional references.
Hyphenated Usage
	Beginning with "panicky": panicky-wheeling.
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The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.

Language		Translations for "panicky"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Albanian		i pushtuar nga paniku (panic stricken), alarmist (fear-monger). (various references)

Bulgarian		който лесно се паникьосва, всяващ паника, панически (panic), паникьосан (jittery, panic stricken, scared), изплашен (afraid, all shook-up, chicken, frightened, frightening, jittery, planet-stricken, planet-struck, shook-up, streaky, timorous, windy). (various references)

Chinese		恐慌 (panic, panic-stricken). (various references)

Czech		panikářský (alarmist, panic stricken), vydìšený (frightened, panic stricken, terror stricken, terror-struck). (various references)

Farsi		مضطرب (Uneasy, Unruly, Vexatious), هراسناک , دستپاچه (Nervous). (various references)

French		de panique, alarmiste. (various references)

German		panikartig, kopflos (headless, unreasoning), in panikstimmung, überängstlich (overanxious, overprotective). (various references)

Greek		πανικόβλητοσ (panic stricken). (various references)

Hebrew		� וט�" לאב�" עשתו� ות. (various references)

Hungarian		rémült (be horrified, daunted, frightened, scared). (various references)

Indonesian		gugup (groggy, jittery, nervous), bingung (confused, disoriented, distrait, mixed up, perplexed, perturbed, puzzled, rattled, wool-gathering). (various references)

Italian		in preda al panico, allarmato. (various references)

Manx		sevreainagh (stupefying). (various references)

Pig Latin		anickypay.(various references)

Portuguese		preço de queima, apavorado (scared). (various references)

Romanian		de panicã (panic), înfricoşat (dreadful, fearful, frightened, funky). (various references)

Russian		панический (jumpy, panic). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian		paničan (headlong, panic). (various references)

Spanish		lleno de pánico. (various references)

Swedish		gripen av panik (panic stricken, panic struck). (various references)

Turkish		panik (alarmed, panic, panic stricken, panic struck, stampede, tailspin), paniğe kapılmış (alarmed, panic stricken, panic struck), kolay paniğe kapılan. (various references)

Ukranian		панічний (panic). (various references)

Vietnamese		yếu bóng vía, hay hoang mang sợ hãi. (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

Misspellings
	"Panicky" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: branicki, Jamnicky, Janicki, nannick, pancky, Pandick, panick, panicy, pannick, Pinnick, Pondick, Sawicki, Vanick. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

# of Phoneme Matches	Pronunciation	Word(s) rhyming with "panicky" (pronounced pa"nikē)
3	-i k ē	garlicky.
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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "a-c-i-k-n-p-y"
	-1 letter: pyknic.
	-2 letters: panic, picky, pinky.
	-3 letters: akin, ayin, cain, caky, cyan, icky, inky, kain, kina, knap, nick, nipa, pack, paik, pain, pian, pica, pick, pika, pina, pink, piny, pyic, pyin, yack, yank.
	-4 letters: ain, ani, any, can, cap, cay, ick, icy, ink, kay, kin, kip, nap, nay, nip, pac, pan, pay, pia, pic, pin, pya, yak, yap, yin, yip.
	-5 letters: ai, an, ay, in, ka, na, pa, pi, ya.
	Words containing the letters "a-c-i-k-n-p-y"
	+3 letters: pickaninny.
	+5 letters: piggybacking.
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