tenterhooks Definition

limbo, guessing, spellbound, warpath, dampener, fretting, atwitter, mum, sticky wicket, rejoicing, sidelines, tizzy, suspense, baying, quizzing, tense, loggerheads, dither, fuming, coy, vigil, eve, harping, lookout, agony, cliffhanger, till, uncertainty, thrall, cynosure, fate, fringes, goings, verge, abeyance, standby, cheering, counting, chary, standstill, toes, livid, witching hour, pall, dawns, mull, seige, telly, brink, dote, toey, outcome, hinging, rollercoaster, incommunicado, privy, queuing, wrangling, powder keg, wraps, hounding, eye, nervousness, wits, tamasha, gearing, prowl, alert, onus, glum, drip feed, ticking, spoilsport, fortnight, jitters, countdown, lid, ructions, fright, goldmine, hooter, kibosh, waiting game, stranglehold, gloom, fever pitch, rages, fillip, watch, reprieve, cosh, irrespective, bush telegraph, tomorrow, surprises, decree nisi, sweating, anticipation, diwali, starstruck,