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shouting match en · NOUN

Meanings

1. An argument or debate characterized by the loudness or intensity of the participants.
   • When an argument and a shouting match ensued, the crowds outside pushed their way into the poll room. 1999, John Carrick Greene, Between Damnation and Starvation, McGill-Queen's University Press, →ISBN, page 160:
   • Larry gets into a shouting match with fellow golfer Norm because of the slow pace of Norm's play. Norm, who has high blood pressure, dies from a heart attack after the shouting match. 2024 August 26, Stephen Clouse, Aaron Kushner, A Hero in All of Us?: Heroism and American Political Thought as Seen on TV, Rowman & Littlefield, →ISBN, page 121:
   • On these words being read, a furious storm broke out in the meeting. It degenerated into a mere shouting match, in which Dioscorus and his party came off victors. 1897, Edith Louisa Butcher, The Story of the Church of Egypt: Being an Outline of the History of the Egyptians Under Their Successive Masters from the Roman Conquest Until Now, page 292:

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Synonyms

yelling match · screaming match