conniption

/kษ™หˆnษชp.สƒษ™n/

IPA: /K AH0 N IH1 P SH AH0 N/

noun
  1. 1

    A fit of anger or panic; conniption fit.

    โ€œ...threatened by the conniptions gripping Wall Street (Businessweek Oct.20, 2008)โ€

  2. 2

    A fit of laughing; convulsion.

    โ€œThe joke was not that funny, but he went into conniptions laughing.โ€

Source: https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/conniption