To get the heebie-jeebies means to get strong feelings of anxiety, apprehensiveness, and nervousness.
The term originated around the 1920s, and the words "heebie" and "jeebie" don't have any independent meaning. They are a part of nonsense rhyming pairs called rhyming reduplications.
Its first appearance in print was in this comic by William Morgan "Billy" de Beck.
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