Definition of "conniptions" []

• Plural form of conniption. (noun)

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• "Note 69: Paxton, of course, did not receive screen credit for his work with McCreery, though he did attend the preview screening of The Lady is Willing, giving McCreery "conniptions" by lurking in the lobby to eavesdrop."
• "Nearly 30 years ago, activist-author Susan Sontag provoked conniptions when she suggested that someone who had read only Reader's Digest would have had a better understanding of communism than someone who had been reading only the Nation or the New Statesman."
• "I went through all kinds of conniptions after publishing it, but the response has been incredible."