conniption

noun

1. (informal)A fit of anger or panic; conniption fit.

   “When she came downstairs and saw what her children were eating, she had a conniption.”

   “I'm in conniptions for the final act you came here for”

   “[…]threatened by the conniptions gripping Wall Street”

   “MARC JACOBS is the Michael Bloomberg of the West Village and also its Sam Walton. Jane Jacobs would have loved him, if she wasn’t overcome by conniptions at his oozing influence over her beloved neighborhood streets.”

   “The Dodgers tried late to make a push for him last winter, with their splashy offseason already over the billion-dollar mark. They expressed interest in him over the trade deadline, even if prying him from the San Francisco Giants would have caused a conniption for fans of the historic rivals.”

2. A fit of laughing; convulsion.

   “The joke was not that funny, but he went into conniptions laughing.”