transcription, транскрипция: [ hɪsterɪks ]
1.
If someone is in hysterics or is having hysterics , they are in a state of uncontrolled excitement, anger, or panic. ( INFORMAL )
I’m sick of your having hysterics, okay?...
N-PLURAL : oft in N
2.
If someone is in hysterics or is having hysterics , they are in a state of violent and disturbed emotion that is usually a result of shock.
It was such a shock I had hysterics...
= hysteria
N-PLURAL : oft in N
3.
You can say that someone is in hysterics or is having hysterics when they are laughing loudly in an uncontrolled way. ( INFORMAL )
He’d often have us all in absolute hysterics.
N-PLURAL : oft in N