noun
Definition and synonyms of frenzy from the online English dictionary from Macmillan Education. This is the British English definition of frenzy.View American English definition of frenzy. Change your default dictionary to American English. View the pronunciation for frenzy. The original, literal meaning of the term feeding frenzy is an aggressive, excited attack by a predator upon its prey. Usually, a feeding frenzy involves more than one predator competing for a school or group of prey. The term feeding frenzy is most often applied to sharks, including shark species such as the tiger shark, hammerhead shark, mako shark, and great white shark.
Slang. a ruthless attack on or exploitation of someone especially by the media.
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British Dictionary definitions forfeeding frenzy
noun
a phenomenon in which aquatic predators, esp sharks, become so excited when eating that they attack each other
a period of intense excitement over or interest in a person or thingthe media erupt into a feeding frenzy
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