shouting match - meaning and definition. What is shouting match
DICLIB.COM
AI-based language tools
Get Unlimited AI
Enter a word or phrase in any language 👆
Language:     

Translation and analysis of words by artificial intelligence

On this page you can get a detailed analysis of a word or phrase, produced by the best artificial intelligence technology to date:

  • how the word is used
  • frequency of use
  • it is used more often in oral or written speech
  • word translation options
  • usage examples (several phrases with translation)
  • etymology

What (who) is shouting match - definition


shouting match         
  • Two people in a shouting match over religion
OR ROWING, AN ARGUMENT
¦ noun informal a loud quarrel.
shouting match         
  • Two people in a shouting match over religion
OR ROWING, AN ARGUMENT
(shouting matches)
A shouting match is an angry quarrel in which people shout at each other.
We had a real shouting match with each other.
N-COUNT: oft N with/between n
Shouting match         
  • Two people in a shouting match over religion
OR ROWING, AN ARGUMENT
A shouting match is an argument or debate characterized by the loud volume or intensity of the participants.

Wikipedia

Shouting match
A shouting match is an argument or debate characterized by the loud volume or intensity of the participants.
Examples of use of shouting match
1. Shouting match Any chance of Blair overseeing a smooth handover to his finance minister and expected successor Gordon Brown was evaporating, with reports that the two were locked in a furious shouting match in fiery meetings on Wednesday.
2. The present shouting match is megaphone appeasement, as would be a bomb attack on Iran‘s factories.
3. Even when you tiptoe around the periphery it ... (can) degenerate into a shouting match," he said.
4. I was still resentful about the nonpayment, so our conversation unfortunately devolved into a shouting match.
5. A shouting match ensued, with more lawmakers joining in to throw abuse at one another.