0 an argument that involves people shouting at each other because they have very strong opinions: --
The meeting soon degenerated into a shouting match.
The tension erupts into a full-blown shouting match around the campfire.
The incident was marked by a volatile shouting match between the aldermen and students, and met with condemnation from free-speech advocates.
A shouting match ensues in front of a few crewmembers that threatens to blow their cover.
The argument deteriorates into another shouting match about paying back the debt.
One story reported that just the mention of his name in a government meeting resulted in a shouting match and subsequent press coverage.
Relations were so bad that residents and college officials engaged in a shouting match at a meeting.
Otherwise, we shall have the same sort of shouting match as we have seen this afternoon, which does not advance the cause of patients one jot.
A shouting match took place then.