spider sense

A form of spidey sense — An intuitive feeling, usually of something being dangerous or risky; (more generally) instinct, intuition.

Meanings

spider sense1

nounspider sense (plural spider senses)

plural spider senses

  1. alternativeAlternative form of Spidey sense

    Care to let the rest of the Scooby Gang in on whatever's got your spider senses tingling?"

    1999, Warren Murphy, Richard Sapir, Deadly Genes, page 165
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    And yes, sometimes it is hard to tell where a person is coming from until you talk to him for a little while, but nine times out often, you can use your spider senses to know when a man is not your type.

    1998, Kim Coles, I'm Free, But It'll Cost You: The Single Life According to Kim Coles, page 3

    Always keep your radar up and, if you feel your spider senses tingling, they're tingling for a reason.

    2005, Romy Miller, Man Magnet: How to Be the Best Woman You Can Be in Order to Get the Best Man

    Hopefully your spider sense is tingling at the very thought of putting multiple copies of that block of code onto our index page, because mine sure is.

    2007, Eldon Alameda, Practical Rails Projects, page 73

    When there are plenty of witnesses, you make act sheepish or naïve, but when you are the last one to leave, and your spider sense is reverberating with the creeper vibe, it is absolutely necessary to stand your ground.

    2011, Trixie Tamerlane, From the Other Side: Pourings from the Mind of a Bartender, page 18

Spider sense2

nounSpider sense (plural Spider senses)

plural Spider senses

  1. alternativeAlternative form of Spidey sense

Spider Sense3

nounSpider Sense (plural Spider Senses)

plural Spider Senses

  1. alternativeAlternative form of Spidey sense
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