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"TANTRUMS" is a plural of: tantrum. |
Date "TANTRUMS" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1868. (references) |
| Domain | Definition |
Slang in 1811 | TANTRUMS. Pet, or passion: madam was in her tantrums. Source: 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue. |
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| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Resentment | Excitement, irritation; warmth, bile, choler, ire, fume, pucker, dander, ferment, ebullition; towering passion, acharnement, angry mood, taking, pet, tiff, passion, fit, tantrums. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: TANTRUMS |
| English words defined with "TANTRUMS": statement. (references) |
| Domain | Usage | |
Screenplays | The crying, the tantrums, the bed-wetting. (Cheers; writing credit: Isaac Cronin; Wayne Wang) | |
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| Thumbnail | Description & Credit | ![]() | That South Carolina cyclone, or the terrible tantrums of the untamable Tillman. Credit: Library of Congress. |
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| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Health | The child throws intense or violent tantrums. (references) | |
This, in turn, often provokes emotional outbursts or tantrums. (references) | ||
Because mood swings and temper tantrums present major difficulties for children with Fragile X, psychotherapeutic medications such as Lithium and more recently fluoxetine (Prozac®) have helped control aggression and outbursts. (references) | ||
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| "TANTRUMS" is generally used as a noun (plural) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "TANTRUMS" is used about 222 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (plural) | 100% | 222 | 20,237 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expression using "TANTRUMS": she is in her tantrums. Additional references. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. |
| Language | Translations for "TANTRUMS"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||
German | Koller (madness, Paddy, paddywhack, rage, silly mood, staggers, tantrum). (various references) | ||||||||||
Greek | νευÏάκια (tantrum). (various references) | ||||||||||
Hungarian | rájött a rapli (to be in one of one's tantrums), rájött a bolondóra (to be in one of one's tantrums), jelenetet rendez (to create, to go into one's tantrums, to make a raw), hisztizik (to be in a tantrum, to create, to go into one's tantrums, to go off the deep end). (various references) | ||||||||||
Pig Latin | antrumstay istericale (hysterics, temper). (various references) | ||||||||||
Misspellings | |
"TANTRUMS" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: antrums, tandtrum, tantram, tantraum, tantrom, Tantum, Tistrum, Transtrem. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "TANTRUMS" (pronounced ta"ntrumz) |
| 5 | -t r u m z | angstroms, nostrums, spectrums. |
| 4 | -r u m z | doldrums, forums, pilgrims, quorums. |
| 3 | -u m z | acronyms, ageratums, albums, algorithms, alums, amalgams, anachronisms, antagonisms, anthems, aphorisms, aquariums, atoms, auditoriums, axioms, bantams, baptisms, blossoms, bottoms, caladiums, chrysanthemums, columns, condominiums, condoms, consortiums, criticisms, curriculums, customs, dirhams, dualisms, ecosystems, emblems, embolisms, enthusiasms, euphemisms, fathoms, fiefdoms, freedoms, geraniums, ginghams, Grahams, gymnasiums, herbariums, honorariums, hoodlums, idioms, isms, items, kingdoms, logarithms, mannerisms, maxims, mechanisms, mediums, memorandums, metabolisms, methodisms, microorganisms, millenniums, minimums, modems, monisms, moratoriums, museums, organisms, orgasms, phantoms, podiums, poems, possums, premiums, problems, puritanisms, ransoms, referendums, rhythms, schisms, sedums, sheikdoms, spasms, stadiums, stratagems, subsystems, surrealisms, symposiums, symptoms, systems, totems, transoms, ultimatums, victims, welcomes, zirconiums. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-m-n-r-s-t-t-u" | |
-1 letter: antrums, mutants, stratum, tantrum, truants, unsmart. | |
-2 letters: antrum, mutant, santur, struma, strunt, taunts, truant, unarms. | |
-3 letters: arums, aunts, manus, marts, matts, mauts, muras, mutts, ramus, rants, runts, smart, start, strum, strut, stunt, sturt, sutra, sutta, tarns, tarts, taunt, tauts, trams, trans, trust, tunas, turns, unarm. | |
-4 letters: amus, ants, anus, arms, arts, arum, aunt, mans. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-m-n-r-s-t-t-u" | |
+1 letter: transmute. | |
+2 letters: menstruate, nasturtium, transmuted, transmutes. | |
+3 letters: maturations, menstruated, menstruates, miniaturist, nasturtiums, natatoriums, outsmarting, tournaments, transhumant, transmuting. | |
+4 letters: curtailments, instrumental, masturbating, masturbation, matriculants, menstruating, menstruation, miniaturists, nimbostratus, permutations, portmanteaus, readjustment, traducements, transhumants, transmutable, traumatising. | |
+5 letters: accouterments, accoutrements, antiritualism, counterstream, documentarist, instrumentals, malnutritions, masturbations, menstruations, miniaturistic, multistranded, protactiniums, readjustments, restimulating, restimulation, subdepartment, supermilitant, tetradynamous, transmountain, transmutation, transmutative, ultramontanes, underestimate. | |
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| 1. Definition 2. Crosswords 3. Usage: Modern 4. Usage: Commercial | 5. Images: Photo Album 6. Quotations: Non-fiction 7. Usage Frequency 8. Expressions | 9. Translations: Modern 10. Derivations 11. Rhymes 12. Anagrams | 13. Bibliography |
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