Definition of "conniption" [conniption]

• Informal A fit of violent emotion, such as anger or panic. Also called conniption fit. (noun)

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• "Second-place winner Nada Bader, a 12-year-old seventh-grader from Crestwood Middle School, met her downfall with the word "conniption" - a fit of rage, hysteria or alarm."
• "The question is who coined conniption and under what circumstances."
• "For now, I trudge on, work hard, and think about all the things I have to get done by Monday without having some kind of conniption fit."