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have a tantrum

have a tantrum is the alternative form of throw a tantrum.

Meaning of throw a tantrum

Verb

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.
    Synonyms:
    throw a wobbly

Forms of have a tantrum

third-person singular presenthas a tantrum
present participlehaving a tantrum
past participlehad a tantrum
pasthad a tantrum

Questions about have a tantrum

What is have a tantrum the alternative form of?
Have a tantrum is the alternative form of throw a tantrum.

Words near have a tantrum in the dictionary

  1. have a shit
  2. have a short memory
  3. have a sixpenny bit up one's backside
  4. have a snootful
  5. have a stab
  6. have a tantrum
  7. have a thick head
  8. have a thin time of it
  9. have a thing
  10. have a thing going on
  11. have a tiger by the tail

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Adapted from Wiktionary: have a tantrum (page history and authors); throw a tantrum (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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