catfight

hissing

Sharp sss sound

• snarlingVocalized hostile warning
• clawsAnimal gripping nails
• scratchingRaking with nails

yowling · spitting · pouncing · fur-flying · territorial · tom · alley · stray · nocturnal · screeching

scratching

Raking with nails

• clawingScraping with hooked nails
• hair-pullingExtremely frustrating experience
• slappingStriking with open palm

brawl · scuffle · tussle · wrestling · grappling · nails · kicking · shoving · pulling · pinning

jealousy

Resentful desire for another's advantages

• competitionStruggle for supremacy
• feudBitter ongoing rivalry
• grudgePersistent resentment toward someone

vendetta · animosity · enmity · tension · score-settling · one-upmanship · territorial · possessive · competitive · nemesis

cattiness

Spiteful, sly nastiness

• gossipInformal talk spreading rumors
• backbitingSpiteful talk about others
• backstabbingCovert betrayal of trust

snark · bitchiness · meanness · spitefulness · nastiness · drama · scheming · cliquish · passive-aggressive · two-faced

bickering

Petty verbal sparring

• snipingShooting from hiding
• insultsDisparaging remarks
• screamingLoud, shrill vocalizing

yelling · shouting · name-calling · trash-talk · put-downs · barbs · jabs · snide · cutting · sharp-tongued

• Animal Idiomsblind as a bat, brave as a lion, busy bee, copycat, dark horse
• fightsbrawl, scuffle, scrap, tussle, fistfight
• tabloidsNational Enquirer, TMZ, Daily Mail, People, Globe
• gender stereotypesboys will be boys, pink for girls, blue for boys, man up, strong men
• conflictsargument, war, battle, dispute, conflict
• screechingshriek, screech, squeal, screaming, squawk