slanging match

British  

noun

1. a dispute in which insults and accusations are made by each party against the other

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Example Sentences

The former United captain kept his counsel, which is more than could be said of fellow defender Brandon Williams, who got involved in a slanging match with Tom Heaton, who started in goal as United's three-match tour of the United States ended in defeat in front of 50,857 at the Allegiant Stadium.

From BBC

“He has rightly avoided getting into a slanging match against Harry and Meghan,” said Vernon Bogdanor, a professor of government at King’s College London, who has written about the constitutional role of the monarchy.

From New York Times

But only after a public slanging match.

From BBC

Frank Lampard and Jurgen Klopp had a slanging match during Liverpool’s 5-3 win at the end of last season, and though they have been very polite this week, their competitive juices will start flowing once the match begins.

From The Guardian

“In particular the ‘Flyting of Dunbar and Kennedie,’ a great slanging match between the poets William Dunbar and Walter Kennedie, has been infamous for giving us the earliest known examples of these terms in written form.”

From Fox News