"throw a tantrum" meaning in English

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Verb

Audio: En-au-throw a tantrum.ogg [Australia] Forms: throws a tantrum [present, singular, third-person], throwing a tantrum [participle, present], threw a tantrum [past], thrown a tantrum [participle, past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|throw<,,threw,thrown> a tantrum}} throw a tantrum (third-person singular simple present throws a tantrum, present participle throwing a tantrum, simple past threw a tantrum, past participle thrown a tantrum)
  1. (idiomatic) To have a temper tantrum; to display a fit of childish anger. Tags: idiomatic Synonyms: throw a wobbly [Britain] Translations (To have a temper tantrum): 發爛渣 (Chinese Cantonese), 发烂渣 (faat³ laan⁶ zaa²) (Chinese Cantonese), 發脾氣 (Chinese Cantonese), 发脾气 (faat³ pei⁴ hei³) (Chinese Cantonese), piquer une crise (French), einen kindischen Wutanfall bekommen (German), hisztizik (Hungarian), hisztériázik (Hungarian), cirkuszol (Hungarian), raplizik (Hungarian), rūtā (Maori), rūtaki (Maori), slå seg vrang (Norwegian Bokmål), fazer birra (Portuguese), закати́ть исте́рику (zakatítʹ istériku) [perfective] (Russian), mag-alumihit (Tagalog)

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