shouting match

plural shouting matches

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

   2 more examples

   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

   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

   Synonyms: screaming match, yelling match