conniption en · NOUN
Pronunciation
Etymology
Since 1833, from American English. Unknown origin, possibly a fanciful alteration of corruption, or maybe related to captious. Alternatively an arbitrary pseudo-Latinism coinage.
Meanings
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(informal) A fit of anger or panic; conniption fit.
The Dodgers tried late to make a push for him last winter, with their splashy offseason already over the billion-dollar mark. They expressed interest in him over the trade deadline, even if prying him from the San Francisco Giants would have caused a conniption for fans of the historic rivals.
2024 November 27, Rabian Ardaya, “For the Dodgers, signing Blake Snell always made the most sense”, in The New York Times:[…]threatened by the conniptions gripping Wall Street
2008 October 20, Businessweek:I'm in conniptions for the final act you came here for
2001, “My Plague”, in Iowa, performed by Slipknot:MARC JACOBS is the Michael Bloomberg of the West Village and also its Sam Walton. Jane Jacobs would have loved him, if she wasn’t overcome by conniptions at his oozing influence over her beloved neighborhood streets.
2010 November 10, John Caramanica, “Monopoly by Marc Jacobs”, in The New York Times:When she came downstairs and saw what her children were eating, she had a conniption.
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A fit of laughing; convulsion.
The joke was not that funny, but he went into conniptions laughing.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| conniptions | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Synonyms
snit fit · conniption · meltdown · melty · dummy spit · paddy · catfit · tantrum · wobbler · hissy · tantrum · wobbly · headfit · the giggles · shit fit · hissy fit · conniption fit
Translations (29)
de Panikattacke (fit of anger or panic) · sv damp (fit of anger or panic) · nb panikkangst (fit of anger or panic) · gl ataque de ansiedade (fit of anger or panic) · es ataque de rabia; rabieta (fit of anger or panic) · pl napad furii (fit of anger or panic) · nl woedeuitbarsting (fit of anger or panic) · hu dühroham (fit of anger or panic) · nb hysterisk anfall (fit of anger or panic) · de Wutanfall (fit of anger or panic) · ru при́ступ гнева (fit of anger or panic) · ru припа́док истерии (fit of anger or panic) · de hysterischer Anfall (fit of anger or panic) · sv tuppjuck (fit of anger or panic) · fi kohtaus (fit of anger or panic) · sv dille (fit of anger or panic) · gl ataque de pánico (fit of anger or panic) · fr crise de panique (fit of anger or panic) · sv fnatt (fit of anger or panic) · bg истерия (fit of anger or panic) · fr crise de colère (fit of anger or panic) · nb fnatt (fit of anger or panic) · de Anfall (fit of anger or panic) · cs záchvat (fit of anger or panic) · gl ataque de histeria (fit of anger or panic) · sh histerični napad (fit of anger or panic) · sv frispel (fit of anger or panic) · nb raserianfall (fit of anger or panic) · ru исте́рика (fit of anger or panic)