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Conniption

/kəˈnɪp.ʃən/

A fit of anger or panic; conniption fit.

📖 Definitions of "Conniption"

noun
  1. 1

    A fit of anger or panic; conniption fit.

    "...threatened by the conniptions gripping Wall Street (Businessweek Oct.20, 2008)"

  2. 2

    A fit of laughing; convulsion.

    "The joke was not that funny, but he went into conniptions laughing."

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