frenzyfren‧zy /ˈfrenzi/ ●○○ noun (plural frenzies) 
a frenzy of religious feelingin a frenzy The women were screaming and in a frenzy to get home. Doreen had worked herself into a frenzy.2[countable] a time when people do a lot of things very quicklyfrenzy of a frenzy of activity a selling frenzy3a feeding frenzy a)an occasion when a lot of people get involved in an activity in an uncontrolled way: The film put America’s moviegoers into a feeding frenzy. b)an occasion when a lot of wild animals, especially sharks, eat something in a very excited way
WORD ORIGINfrenzy
Origin:
1300-1400 Old French frenesie, from Latin phreneticus; ➔ FRENETICEXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS
- But most of the frenzy was elsewhere.
- Have any other readers found this plant sends their feline friend into a frenzy?
- On Buy Nothing Day enjoy a break from the shopping frenzy.
- Sense reels with the intoxicating frenzy.
- The frenzy of rebuilding is now past.
Longman Language Activatortoo excited
someone, especially a child, who is overexcited has become too excited to behave calmly: · The kids are getting overexcited and won't go to sleep.· "Does it bite?" asked one of an overexcited group of boys.
unable to stop shouting, crying etc because you are extremely excited: · Hysterical fans tried to stop Damon's car at the airport.· He got a hysterical phone call from his mother in the middle of the night.get/go hysterical (=become hysterical): · The crowd went hysterical as Juventus scored in the last minute of the game.
in a state of great and uncontrollable excitement: · There are just two minutes to go of this game, and the crowd is in an absolute frenzy.work yourself into a frenzy (=become more and more excited until you are in a frenzy): · Supporters of Hodge have worked themselves into a frenzy over the latest polls.
someone who is excitable gets excited too easily: · Puppies are naturally affectionate and excitable.highly excitable (=very excitable): · On my first day's teaching, I had a class of highly excitable 5-year-olds.
spoken too excited and too full of energy, so that you do not feel comfortable: · The kids are really hyper today - I think I'm going to send them outside.get hyper: · Sometimes he gets so hyper you can't talk to him.
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE ENTRY Doreen had worked herself into a frenzy.COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
Doreen had worked herself into a frenzy. (=very violent and uncontrolled)· The woman was stabbed to death in a frenzied attack at her home.
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADJECTIVE· It is high-tea; time for another feeding frenzy.· His feeding frenzy exhausted, he was torpid, unable to pay attention to the rat in her maze.· Green Bay went into a feeding frenzy in the free-agency market, and came up with some star names.
NOUN· The royal wedding is creating little media frenzy around the world.· Amidst the media frenzy over Mayday in London various things have been forgotten.
VERB· And all around this feeding frenzy were other flocks of gulls, which have added up at peak counts to 10,000 birds.· On defense, they are hungrier than sharks in a feeding frenzy.· Gold from California fed the frenzy.· The dorados were in a feeding frenzy, oblivious to all else.· The yeast completes a final feeding frenzy and dies.· The incident has triggered what can only be described as a media feeding frenzy about shark attacks.
· A 16-year-old girl works herself into a frenzy of grief for a friend killed by right-wing vigilantes.· Make sure that the horse stays calm and does not work himself into a frenzy.
PHRASES FROM THE ENTRYPHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
1[countable, uncountable] a state of great anxiety or excitement, in which you cannot control your behaviourfrenzy of- After the initial reports on CBS, this scene became a media feeding frenzy.
- Green Bay went into a feeding frenzy in the free-agency market, and came up with some star names.
- On defense, they are hungrier than sharks in a feeding frenzy.
- The dorados were in a feeding frenzy, oblivious to all else.
- A 16-year-old girl works herself into a frenzy of grief for a friend killed by right-wing vigilantes.
- I could see at once he was working himself into a panic about it all.
- I knew I was working myself into a state, but I kept on staring at the picture of the dead girl.
- It was silly to work himself into a state like this.
- Make sure that the horse stays calm and does not work himself into a frenzy.
- You're working yourself into a state.
a frenzy of religious feelingin a frenzy The women were screaming and in a frenzy to get home. Doreen had worked herself into a frenzy.2[countable] a time when people do a lot of things very quicklyfrenzy of a frenzy of activity a selling frenzy3a feeding frenzy a)an occasion when a lot of people get involved in an activity in an uncontrolled way: The film put America’s moviegoers into a feeding frenzy. b)an occasion when a lot of wild animals, especially sharks, eat something in a very excited way