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SQUABBLE
bicker, bickering, spat, tiff, squabble, pettifoggery, fuss
(noun) a quarrel about petty points
quibble, niggle, pettifog, bicker, squabble, brabble
(verb) argue over petty things; “Let’s not quibble over pennies”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
squabble (plural squabbles)
A minor fight or argument.
Verb
squabble (third-person singular simple present squabbles, present participle squabbling, simple past and past participle squabbled)
(intransitive) To participate in a minor fight or argument.
• I. Watts
(transitive, printing) To disarrange, so that the letters or lines stand awry and require readjustment.
Synonyms
• See also squabble
Source: Wiktionary
Squab"ble, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Squabbled; p. pr. & vb. n. Squabbling.] Etym: [Cf. dial. Sw. skvabbel a dispute, skvappa to chide.]
1. To contend for superiority in an unseemly maner; to scuffle; to struggle; to wrangle; to quarrel.
2. To debate peevishly; to dispute. The sense of these propositions is very plain, though logicians might squabble a whole day whether they should rank them under negative or affirmative. I. Watts.
Syn.
– To dispute; contend; scuffle; wrangle; quarrel; struggle.
Squab"ble, v. t. (Print.)
Definition: To disarrange, so that the letters or lines stand awry or are mixed and need careful readjustment; -- said of type that has been set up.
Squab"ble, n.
Definition: A scuffle; a wrangle; a brawl.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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