conniption

Plural: conniptions

Noun

• a display of bad temper
• A fit of anger or panic; conniption fit.
• A fit of laughing; convulsion.

Examples

• The joke was not that funny, but he went into conniptions laughing.
• When she came downstairs and saw what her children were eating, she had a conniption.

Synonyms

fit, scene, tantrum, catfit, conniption, conniption fit, dummy spit, headfit, hissy, hissy fit, meltdown, paddy, shit fit, snit fit, the giggles, wobbler, wobbly