"hissy fit" meaning in English

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          "text": "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!\"",
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        "A childish display of anger or frustration; an overly dramatic tantrum."
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