conniption
Pronunciation
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Pronunciation
- IPA: /kəˈnɪp.ʃən/
conniption (plural conniptions)
- (informal) A fit of anger or panic; conniption fit.
- 2001, Slipknot, "My Plague", Iowa.
- quote en
- When she came downstairs and saw what her children were eating, she had a conniption.
- ...threatened by the conniptions gripping Wall Street (Businessweek Oct.20, 2008)
- 2001, Slipknot, "My Plague", Iowa.
- A fit of laughing; convulsion.
- The joke was not that funny, but he went into conniptions laughing.
- (fit of anger or panic) see Thesaurus:tantrum
- French: crise (f.) de fou-rire (m.)
- German: Lachanfall
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