throw a conniption

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• conniption fit — noun (C) AmE, humorous a way of behaving which shows that you are very angry: have/throw a conniption fit: My mother threw a conniption fit when I didn t come home till two in the morning …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• throw a fit — See: HAVE A FIT …   Dictionary of American idioms

• throw a fit — See: HAVE A FIT …   Dictionary of American idioms

• fit — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. caprice, whim, fancy, notion; paroxysm, convulsion, seizure, outburst. See agitation. v. equip, furnish, outfit; grace, beautify; accommodate; clothe; suit, meet, conform; adapt. See agreement,… …   English dictionary for students

• rage — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. fury, frenzy, wrath, violence; fashion, fad, craze. See desire. v. i. storm, rave, bluster. See excitement, excitability. II (Roget s IV) n. 1. [Violent anger] Syn. fury, wrath, ferocity; see anger .… …   English dictionary for students

• lose — v 1. misplace, mislay; forget, Inf. clean forget, not remember, disremember, have no remembrance or recollection of, Inf. draw a blank; lose sight of, lose in the crowd. 2. outstrip, overtake, overhaul, pass, lap, leave behind, leave in the dust …   A Note on the Style of the synonym finder

• rage — Synonyms and related words: Alecto, Megaera, Nemesis, Tisiphone, abandon, acerbity, acrimony, agitation, amok, anger, asperity, assault, attack, babble, barbarize, batter, be angry, be excitable, be insane, be livid, be pissed, bellow, blast,… …   Moby Thesaurus

• explode — v 1. burst, blow up, detonate, fulminate, fly apart, fly into pieces; discharge, blast, go off, report, sound, boom, thunder, roar, bang, pop; let off, set off, fire off, shoot, let fly. 2. rant, rave, rant and rave, rage, bellow, storm; bluster …   A Note on the Style of the synonym finder

• burn — Synonyms and related words: Earth insertion, LEM, LM, abrade, abrasion, adolescent stream, afflict, agonize, ail, air dry, altitude peak, anhydrate, apogee, arroyo, assault, attack, attitude control rocket, automatic control, bake, ballistic… …   Moby Thesaurus

• have a fit — or[have fits] or[throw a fit] {v. phr.} 1. To have a sudden illness with stiffness or jerking of the body. * /Our dog had a fit yesterday./ 2. {informal} To become angry or upset. * /Father will throw a fit when he sees the dent in the car./ *… …   Dictionary of American idioms

• have a fit — or[have fits] or[throw a fit] {v. phr.} 1. To have a sudden illness with stiffness or jerking of the body. * /Our dog had a fit yesterday./ 2. {informal} To become angry or upset. * /Father will throw a fit when he sees the dent in the car./ *… …   Dictionary of American idioms