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Webster 1913 Edition


Tantrum

Tan′trum

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Noun.
1.
A whim; an affected air.
[Colloq. and archaic]
Thackeray.

Definition 2024


tantrum

tantrum

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Noun

tantrum (plural tantrums)

  1. An often childish display or fit of bad temper.
    Many parents become embarrassed by their children throwing tantrums in public places.
    Baby Shawn threw a tantrum when he was told the bicycle was not his.
    • 2003, Saralea E. Chazan, Simultaneous Treatment of Parent and Child (page 185)
      When he became frustrated, he threw a tantrum, and his mother would attempt to comfort him.

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