hissy
Americannoun
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hissies
plural
Other Word Forms
Noun Inflected Forms
Etymology
Origin of hissy
An Americanism dating back to 1930–35
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If he happens to cause a violation and the pitcher throws a hissy fit in the process, even better.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 23, 2026
Alejandro Garnacho appeared to have a bit of a hissy fit after being hooked before half-time, so it will be interesting to see how Ruben Amorim deals with that.
From BBC ● Feb. 27, 2025
All the worst people are throwing total hissy fits about this.
From Slate ● Mar. 15, 2024
They even staged a little hissy fit soon afterward blocking a vote on the floor and putting the House into gridlock for a week.
From Salon ● Aug. 30, 2023
I screamed and kicked the furniture until one whole leg came off the table and threw a hissy fit they could probably hear all the way to Egypt.
From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver
They sha' na flout and fleer, the feckless queans, the hissies wha'll threep to stan' i' your auld shoon ae day!
From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 11, No. 63, January, 1863 by Various
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