Verb: have a fit
Usage: informal
Usage: informal
- Become suddenly very angry
"The professor had a fit when the student didn't know the answer to a very elementary question";
- flip one's lid [N. Amer, informal], blow up [informal], throw a fit [informal], hit the roof [informal], hit the ceiling [informal], blow one's stack [N. Amer, informal], fly off the handle [informal], flip one's wig [US, informal], lose one's temper, blow a fuse [informal], go ballistic [informal], go mental [informal], blow a gasket [informal], go off the deep end [informal], go ape [informal], blow one's top [informal]
- Be very nervous, agitated or upset as a reaction to something
"Mom's going to have a fit when she sees what you did to her car";
- have a cow [N. Amer, informal], have kittens [Brit, informal], do one's nut [Brit, informal]
Derived forms: has a fit, had a fit, having a fit
Type of: rage