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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.
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As for the others, Antony Cotton had the first hissy fit - but fair play to him for overcoming it and jumping out of the helicopter - while Fatima Whitbread seems to be able to irritate her jungle "pals" without even trying.
It's been fun, but my work is done - I'm out of here!
His "very close friend" saying he wants to quit Real Madrid is either a very cynical move - or a supreme hissy fit.
RON IS A REAL PUZZLE
The world champion (right), whose title defence is now out of his hands, threw a hissy fit at the Japanese Grand Prix and declared he would severely restrict his media work.
LEWIS IS LOVING IT
Firstly he threw a hissy fit when besotted Cumberbitches kept filming him on their iPhones during previews.
Ben's smoking in Hamlet role
It is the story of a peregrine falcon, Hissy, who was about to drown when she was rescued by boat skipper Ffion Rees and nursed back to health and fitness, before being returned to the sky.
The sailor, the falcon and the lauded artist; COVER STORY A falcon saved from drowning and the woman who saved it from the sea and nursed it back to health... Rachael Misstear hears the extraordinary story of Ffion Rees and Hissy - and the West Wales author and artist who found inspiration in their unlikely bond
Baldasaro, a Republican, threw a hissy fit earlier this month after learning that photos of his recent wedding that were posted on Facebook weren't just for the viewing of his friends.
Social studies
SO Russell Brand has taken a hissy fit over innocent questions by Graham Norton about his personal life and the failure of his marriage to Katy Perry.
Russell hands it out but he can't take it; Comment OF THE DAY
I'd hissy my put I went from Donny to Duran Duran and then.
We all loved the smell of Blu-Tak in the morning
I get the impression that many modern footballers are not that bothered whether they play or not, and some of those who are bothered feel an appropriate way to show disappointment is to throw a hissy fit and take their ball home.
I AM not alone [...]
HISSY FIT: One of the creatures to avoid There is also a whole array of creepers, crawlers and slitherers to be wary of, if not avoided altogether.
Creepy crawlies; Graham Denby in PORTUGAL
But the Italians have introduced the word 'cassanata' - meaning tantrum - after Antonio Cassano, the former Roma striker who is known for his hissy fits.
Football: A big sulk in
The pictures of David Beckham having a hissy fit because he was being photographed annoyed me.
It can't be done, David
FASHION DESIGNER KARL LAGERFELD He threw a hissy fit when H&M enlarged his latest range to fit the average British female -- size 14 -16.
Viva: Good week, bad week . .
A man was found guilty yesterday of causing misery to thousands of motorists after he held up motorway traffic for eight hours in a 'puerile hissy fit'.
'Puerile hissy fit' heaped misery on M1 motorists
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