hissy

a hissy

An outburst of rage, frustration, or ill temper. My mom's going to have a hissy when she sees what happened to the car! I was so embarrassed when Danny started having a hissy in the grocery store. She's always so quick to mock you when you make a mistake, but she throws a total hissy when you call her out on something she's done wrong.

See also: hissy

a hissy fit

An outburst of rage, frustration, or ill temper. My mom's going to have a hissy fit when she sees what happened to the car! I was so embarrassed when Danny started having a hissy fit in the grocery store. She's always so quick to mock you when you make a mistake, but she throws a total hissy fit when you call her out on something she's done wrong.

See also: fit, hissy

have a hissy fit

To have an outburst of rage, frustration, or ill temper. My mom's going to have a hissy fit when she sees what happened to the car! I was so embarrassed when Danny started having a hissy fit in the grocery store. There's no need to have a hissy fit about this, Eleanor—we'll figure something out.

See also: fit, have, hissy

throw a hissy

To become very or unreasonably angry or upset; to have an outburst of rage, frustration, or ill temper. My mom's going to throw a hissy when she sees what happened to the car! I was so embarrassed when Danny started throwing a hissy in the grocery store.

See also: hissy, throw

throw a hissy fit

To become very or unreasonably angry or upset; to have an outburst of rage, frustration, or ill temper. My mom's going to throw a hissy fit when she sees what happened to the car! I was so embarrassed when Danny started throwing a hissy fit in the grocery store.

See also: fit, hissy, throw

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hissy (fit)

Rur. a tantrum. (Often with throw. Probably refers to an angry, hissing cat.) Jane practically has a hissy fit every time she gets a run in her nylons. The boss is really mad today. It's just one hissy fit after another.

McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs. © 2002 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.