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Webster's New Millennium™ Dictionary of English - Cite This Source - Share This
Main Entry:  tantrum
Part of Speech:  n
Definition:  See temper tantrum

Webster's New Millennium™ Dictionary of English, Preview Edition (v 0.9.7)
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Dictionary.com Unabridged (v 1.1) - Cite This Source - Share This
tan·trum       [tan-truhm] Pronunciation Key
–noun
a violent demonstration of rage or frustration; a sudden burst of ill temper.
[Origin: 1740–50; orig. uncert.]
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American Heritage Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
tan·trum       (tān'trəm)  Pronunciation Key 
n.   A fit of bad temper. Also called regionally hissy2, hissy fit.


[Origin unknown.]

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Online Etymology Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
tantrum 
1714, originally colloquial, of unknown origin.

Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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WordNet - Cite This Source - Share This
tantrum

noun
a display of bad temper; "he had a fit"; "she threw a tantrum"; "he made a scene" [syn: fit] 

WordNet® 3.0, © 2006 by Princeton University.
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American Heritage Stedman's Medical Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This

tantrum tan·trum (tān'trəm)
n.
A fit of bad temper.

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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This

Tantrum

Tan"trum\, n. A whim, or burst of ill-humor; an affected air. [Colloq.] --Thackeray.

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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