: an intense fight or argument especially between two women
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The film unintentionally became a gay classic thanks to the commitment of Goldie Hawn and Meryl Streep (here, Megan Hilty and Jennifer Simard, both excellent) to its catfight premise in the vein of What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?
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Vulture Editors, Vulture, 4 Feb. 2025
The catfight premise lies in the vein of What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?: two lifelong frenemies discover the secret to eternal life, and then use it to tear each other literally to bits while fighting over a man.
—Jackson McHenry, Vulture, 21 Nov. 2024
The sense of right and wrong The Diplomat told us drives Wyler is less important to maintain than zigzag plotting leading the two women to a cliffhanger catfight.
—Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 13 Nov. 2024
Huge flat-screens split the difference, airing ESPN and Bravo side by side, with football tackles and catfights vying for diners’ attention.
—Naomi Fry, The New Yorker, 13 July 2024
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Vulture Editors, Vulture, 4 Feb. 2025
The catfight premise lies in the vein of What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?: two lifelong frenemies discover the secret to eternal life, and then use it to tear each other literally to bits while fighting over a man.
—Jackson McHenry, Vulture, 21 Nov. 2024
The sense of right and wrong The Diplomat told us drives Wyler is less important to maintain than zigzag plotting leading the two women to a cliffhanger catfight.
—Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 13 Nov. 2024
Huge flat-screens split the difference, airing ESPN and Bravo side by side, with football tackles and catfights vying for diners’ attention.
—Naomi Fry, The New Yorker, 13 July 2024
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“Catfight.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/catfight. Accessed 16 Feb. 2025.
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