Meanings
spidey sense1
plural spidey senses
- Alternative letter-case form of Spidey sense.
But the sports media elite, eating free press box sushi while the rest of us are paying $9.00 for a hot dog, could never understand what set our collective spidey senses tingling.
2005, Dave Zirin, “Stir of Echoes: A New Sporting Resistance?”, in What’s My Name, Fool?: Sports and Resistance in the United States, Chicago, Ill.: Haymarket Books, →ISBN, page 2592 more examples
Abby, let me ask you this: Is your spidey sense sure Alison was killed by a man? Your other clues were that 'he' was short, wore oversized clothing, and had dark hair. What if Alison was killed by a butch-looking female?
2004 December, Victoria Laurie, Abby Cooper, Psychic Eye (A Psychic Eye Mystery), New York, N.Y.: Signet, New American Library, →ISBNAs I turn to the right to get to the Registration Desk, my spidey senses are starting to warn me. There's nothing I can see that is cause for immediate concern, but I know I've got to keep paying attention to those spidey senses. I know they've saved me in the past.
2018 March 10, Brad Bagwell, chapter 1, in The Hunter: Southeast Asia, Ishpeming, Mich.: BookVenture Publishing, →ISBN, page 3
Spidey sense2
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Spidey Sense3
plural Spidey Senses
- Alternative letter-case form of Spidey sense.
Origin
From the superpower of the fictional character Spider-Man (introduced by Marvel Comics in August 1962), nicknamed Spidey, who is able to preternaturally sense danger before it can be perceived by other senses.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
French sens d'araignée
- sens d'araignéeintuitive feeling
German Spinnensinn
- Spinnensinnintuitive feeling
Italian sesto senso, senso di ragno
- sesto sensointuitive feeling
- senso di ragnointuitive feeling
Portuguese sentido-aranha
- sentido-aranhaintuitive feeling
Russian паучье чутьё
- паучье чутьё (paúčʹje čutʹjó)intuitive feeling
Spanish sentido arácnido
- sentido arácnidointuitive feeling
Ukrainian павуче чуття
- павуче чуття (pavúče čuttjá)intuitive feeling
Cite this entry
spidey sense. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/spidey%20sense
“spidey sense.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/spidey%20sense. Accessed November 4, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “spidey sense,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/spidey%20sense.
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