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have kittens

verb has kittens · having kittens · had kittens

  1. informal To become extremely upset. Your mum will have kittens when she sees what you've done to your hair!
  2. informal To be in a state of frantic nervousness. The guests are starting to arrive, but the hostess is having kittens because nothing is ready yet.
  3. Usually of a female cat, to give birth to kittens.

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verb to become extremely upset

Françaispéter une coche

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@misc{have_kittens_2026,
  title = {have kittens},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/have%20kittens},
  urldate = {2026-11-07}
}