con‧nip‧tion /kəˈnɪpʃ
ən/ (
also conˈniption ˌfit)
noun [countable] American English old-fashioned[
Date: 1800-1900;
Origin: Probably an invented word]
a way of behaving which shows that you are very angry:
My mother threw a conniption fit when I didn’t come home till two in the morning. [TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲