screaming match

English

Noun

screaming match (plural screaming matches)

  1. Synonym of shouting match.
    • 1876, Karl Friedrich von Klöden, The Self-made Man: Autobiography of Karl Friedrich Von Klöden, page 18:
      In the meanwhile, his wife had let the parrot escape from its cage, and was careering round the room after it; and there was such a fearful screaming-match going on between the two, that Klaproth and I could not hear a word we said to each other; at last he called out something to her in Russian, whereupon she left the room.
    • 2005, Konye Njoroge, Mworia the Warrior, East African Publishers, →ISBN, page 22:
      Breakfast started well and could have ended well if Little Jane had not tipped a cup of tea over the coffee table. Most of the tea ended up on my lap. It had happened so quickly that I had no chance of evading the stream of tea that came rushing towards me. A screaming match between us ensued.
    • 2015 December 17, Karen Graham, Death of Innocence, Boolarong Press, →ISBN, page 43:
      Michael bought it up again at the dinner table, which started a screaming match between the two of them. Lauren just sat back and listened to them argue, she had learnt years ago that when those two got started there was no stopping them until they both had their say.
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