feeding frenzy
1. A group attack on prey by predatory animals. All the children enjoy going to the aquarium to watch the feeding frenzy that occurs when the sharks are given food by the staff.
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2. An intense competition by a group of people striving to get the same thing. The media feeding frenzy that occurred when the actress slipped and fell on the red carpet was an embarrassment for journalists everywhere.
a feeding frenzy
COMMON A feeding frenzy is a situation in which a lot of people become very excited about an event and try to get as much information about it or get as much advantage from it as they can, often in an unpleasant way. What the couple hadn't expected in their relationship was the feeding frenzy of publicity that has followed their every move.The discovery caused a feeding frenzy among biologists, whose eyes lit up with visions of the Nobel Prizes to be had for claiming and naming new species. Note: This expression was first used to describe the behaviour of groups of sharks when there is blood in the water but not enough food for them all. In this situation the sharks will attack anything that they see, even each other.
a ˈfeeding frenzy
(especially American English) a period of time during which somebody/something eats, spends, etc. a lot in a way that does not seem to be controlled:
The news about their marriage started a media feeding frenzy, with all the newspapers trying to get photos and interviews.A feeding frenzy is an occasion when a group of sharks or other fish attack and eat something.
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feed·ing frenzy
(fē′dĭng)n.1. A period of intense or excited feeding, as by sharks.
2. Excited activity by a group, especially around a focal point: 'The media swirled and boiled around the newlyweds in a kind of all-out feeding frenzy'(James Kaplan).
feeding frenzy
n1. (Biology) a phenomenon in which aquatic predators, esp sharks, become so excited when eating that they attack each other
2. a period of intense excitement over or interest in a person or thing: the media erupt into a feeding frenzy.
feed′ing fren`zy
n. Slang. a ruthless attack on or exploitation of someone esp. by the media.
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