spider sense

See also: spider-sense, Spider-Sense, Spider-sense, Spider Sense, and Spider sense

English

Noun

spider sense (plural spider senses)

1. Alternative spelling of Spidey-sense
   • 1998, Kim Coles, I'm Free, But It'll Cost You: The Single Life According to Kim Coles, page 3:

     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.

   • 1999, Warren Murphy, Richard Sapir, Deadly Genes, page 165:

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

   • 2005, Romy Miller, Man Magnet: How to Be the Best Woman You Can Be in Order to Get the Best Man‎^[1]:

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

   • 2007, Eldon Alameda, Practical Rails Projects, page 73:

     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.

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

     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.

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