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__ fit: tantrum
Answer for the clue "__ fit: tantrum ", 5 letters:
hissy
Alternative clues for the word hissy
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Word definitions in Wiktionary
a. 1 Accompanied with hisses 2 Making a hissing sound 3 Childish or petulant (compare hissy fit) n. (context US English) A tantrum, a fit
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1905, from hiss + -y (2). Hissy fit is attested by 1983.
Usage examples of hissy.
Just consider how well things had gone yesterday morning when Henry Patterson threw his control-freak hissy fit, ha-ha.
I kep a broom propped in the hall with the dustpan poked onto the end of the handle ever since she had her first hissy over the dust bunnies.