feeding frenzy

noun

plural feeding frenzies

1

: a frenzy of eating : a wildly aggressive attack of prey by an animal or group of animals

sharks in a feeding frenzy

Chemoreception seems to be highly developed in this snake and the smell of prey is sufficient to initiate a feeding frenzy.

—Douglas Cable et al.

2

: an intensely and often wildly competitive and aggressive human activity likened to frenzied feeding by predatory animals

They do not relish the journalistic feeding frenzy that will greet the senator's likely appearance on the witness stand.

—U.S. News & World Report

Most of the Westerners who attended the heavily hyped sale knew very little about Soviet art—or the Soviet Union for that matter—but were whipped into a feeding frenzy by the historic excitement of the moment.

—Harlow Robinson

Examples of feeding frenzy in a Sentence

sharks in a feeding frenzy

Recent Examples on the Web

About 65% of NYSE volume is in advancing stocks, fine but not a feeding frenzy, though the Nasdaq is at 80% upside volume. —Michael Santoli, CNBC, 24 Nov. 2025

This puts blood in the water and creates a feeding frenzy. —Jordan King, MSNBC Newsweek, 17 Nov. 2025

The feeding frenzy for the next big reunion is the dominant conversation for the future of live entertainment. —Devon Ivie, Vulture, 13 Nov. 2025

Scatter some seeds on the ground at first to get the feeding frenzy started. —Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 27 Aug. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1941, in the meaning defined at sense 1