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screaming matches

screaming matches is the plural of screaming match.

Meaning of screaming match

Noun

screaming match (plural screaming matches)

  1. Synonym of shouting match.
    • 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...1876, Karl Friedrich von Klöden, The Self-made Man: Autobiography of Karl Friedrich Von Klöden, page 18
    Synonyms:
    shouting match

Questions about screaming matches

What is screaming matches the plural of?
Screaming matches is the plural of screaming match.

Words near screaming matches in the dictionary

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  2. screaming hairy armadillos
  3. screaming jelly babies
  4. screaming loudest
  5. screaming match
  6. screaming matches
  7. screaming meemie
  8. screaming meemies
  9. screaming one's head off
  10. screaming orgasm
  11. screaming orgasms

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