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hissy
/ˈhɪsi/
adj 3noun 1
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2VERB + HISSY
get, it's-not-my-fault, threw
PREP.
into
Definitions
adj
1
Accompanied with hisses.
2
Making a hissing sound.
Each is very inexpensive ($60 per two-pack for the Midland, $100 a pair for the Audiovox), and feels it. Each is also tiny, no bigger than a bar of Ivory. Both are far hissier than their more expensive rivals, and don't have as much range (more on this in a moment).
3
Childish or petulant.
Viewers were aghast. . . . As co-host Regis Philbin flinched, Gifford launched into a teary, it's-not-my-fault, TV hissy fit: "You can say I'm ugly, you can say I'm not talented, but when you say I don't care about children, how dare you!"
Midwestern-bred and still wholesome despite his exposure to New York’s hissiest, Sam remains the play’s anchor.
noun
1
A tantrum, a fit.
get into a hissy
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Each is very inexpensive ($60 per two-pack for the Midland, $100 a pair for the Audiovox), and feels it. Each is also tiny, no bigger than a bar of Ivory. Both are far hissier than their more expensiv
Wiktionary02
Viewers were aghast. . . . As co-host Regis Philbin flinched, Gifford launched into a teary, it's-not-my-fault, TV hissy fit: "You can say I'm ugly, you can say I'm not talented, but when you say I do
Wiktionary03
Midwestern-bred and still wholesome despite his exposure to New York’s hissiest, Sam remains the play’s anchor.
Wiktionary04
get into a hissy
Wiktionary05
Tom threw a hissy fit.
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