Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- intransitive verb To engage in a bad-tempered argument, often over a trivial matter; bicker. synonym: argue.
- noun A noisy quarrel, often about a trivial matter.
from The Century Dictionary.
- To engage in a noisy quarrel or row; wrangle; quarrel and fight noisily; brawl; scuffle.
- Synonyms To jangle. See
quarrel , n. - In printing, to disarrange andmix (lines of composed types) when they are standing on their feet.
- noun A wrangle; a dispute; a brawl; a scuffle; a noisy quarrel.
- noun Synonyms Brawl, Wrangle, etc. See
quarrel .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- transitive verb (Print.) 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.
- noun A scuffle; a wrangle; a brawl.
- intransitive verb To contend for superiority in an unseemly manner; to scuffle; to struggle; to wrangle; to quarrel.
- intransitive verb To debate peevishly; to dispute.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A minor
fight orargument as between children, for example. - verb To participate in a minor fight or argument.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a quarrel about petty points
- verb argue over petty things
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
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Examples
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"the title squabble between the Saints and the Colts."
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"the title squabble between the Saints and the Colts."
Aspen Times - Top Stories Su Lum The Aspen Times Aspen 2010
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The current squabble is nothing new, but it could herald far-reaching change: The U.K. government has pledged to extricate itself from the unedifying annual spectacle by removing the role of the secretary of state from determining the levy scheme, and there is a sense that this represents an opportunity to remodel the levy with a viable commercial mechanism.
Jockeying Over Horseracing Funding Jonathan Clegg 2010
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There's a custody squabble, which is not helped by possible future deployments and MEU's.
Andrew Lubin: Semper Fi and Always Faithful Andrew Lubin 2011
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There's a custody squabble, which is not helped by possible future deployments and MEU's.
Andrew Lubin: Semper Fi and Always Faithful Andrew Lubin 2011
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There's a custody squabble, which is not helped by possible future deployments and MEU's.
Andrew Lubin: Semper Fi and Always Faithful Andrew Lubin 2011
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There's a custody squabble, which is not helped by possible future deployments and MEU's.
Andrew Lubin: Semper Fi and Always Faithful Andrew Lubin 2011
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NANCY GRACE, COURT TV: Well, I know it is being characterized as a squabble, Larry, but I think the bottom line is that every victim's family -- and I'm speaking not just as a former prosecutor but as a victim of violent crime -- every victim's family wants that case to go forward, and they want to make sure that their loved ones 'case is protected.
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One-Eye mentions that whenever they get into a squabble, which is about as often as there is an audience but nobody to get between them.
Water Sleeps Cook, Glen 1999
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He mentions it whenever he and One-Eye get into a squabble, which is about as often as they see one another.
Water Sleeps Cook, Glen 1999
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