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Type of fit
Answer for the clue "Type of fit ", 5 letters:
hissy
Alternative clues for the word hissy
Word definitions for hissy in dictionaries
Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
redirect Tantrum
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1905, from hiss + -y (2). Hissy fit is attested by 1983.
Wiktionary
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
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.