"feeding frenzy" meaning in English

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Noun

Audio: en-au-feeding frenzy.ogg Forms: feeding frenzies [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} feeding frenzy (plural feeding frenzies)
  1. A wild, turbulent situation in which multiple sharks or other predatory fish attack one or more edible creatures simultaneously, in competition with each other.
    Sense id: en-feeding_frenzy-en-noun-vd11N748 Categories (other): English alliterative compounds, English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English alliterative compounds: 41 35 24 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 43 34 23 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 47 32 21 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 51 29 20
  2. (idiomatic, by extension) A voracious competition among would-be purchasers, etc. for limited resources. Tags: broadly, idiomatic
    Sense id: en-feeding_frenzy-en-noun-01r6U8jY Categories (other): English alliterative compounds Disambiguation of English alliterative compounds: 41 35 24
  3. (informal) An event in which participants erratically grab and eat food. Tags: informal
    Sense id: en-feeding_frenzy-en-noun-cvrNJ320 Categories (other): English alliterative compounds Disambiguation of English alliterative compounds: 41 35 24
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: chum in the water, hoarded

Inflected forms

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