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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