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3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Bicker \Bick"er\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Bickered}; p. pr & vb n. {Bickering}.] [OE. bikeren perh. fr Celtic; cf W. bicra to fight, bicker, bicre conflict, skirmish; perh. akin to E. beak.] 1. To skirmish; to exchange blows; to fight. [Obs.] Two eagles had a conflict, and bickered together. --Holland. 2. To contend in petulant altercation; to wrangle. Petty things about which men cark and bicker. --Barrow. 3. To move quickly and unsteadily, or with a pattering noise; to quiver; to be tremulous, like flame. They [streamlets] bickered through the sunny shade. --Thomson. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Bickering \Bick"er*ing\, n. 1. A skirmishing. ``Frays and bickerings.'' --Milton. 2. Altercation; wrangling. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: bickering n : petty quarrel [syn: {bicker}, {spat}, {tiff}, {squabble}, {fuss}]
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