temper tantrum

noun

1. tantrum.

Word History and Origins

Origin of temper tantrum¹

First recorded in 1925–30

Example Sentences

Any argument I try to hold comes tumbling out in the form of a whiny temper tantrum.

From The Daily Beast

An 8-year-old girl in Missouri was held in a police car for two hours after throwing a temper tantrum in March.

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Adler said she was punished because she “threw a temper tantrum on the House floor.”

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Related Words

• flare-up
• outburst
• temper