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3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Quibble \Quib"ble\, n. [Probably fr quib, quip, but influenced by quillet, or quiddity.] 1. A shift or turn from the point in question; a trifling or evasive distinction; an evasion; a cavil. Quibbles have no place in the search after truth. -- I. Watts. 2. A pun; a low conceit. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Quibble \Quib"ble\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Quibbled}; p. pr & vb n. {Quibbling}.] 1. To evade the point in question by artifice, play upon words caviling, or by raising any insignificant or impertinent question or point; to trifle in argument or discourse; to equivocate. 2. To pun; to practice punning. --Cudworth. Syn: To cavil; shuffle; equivocate; trifle. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: quibble n : an evasion of the point of an argument by raising irrelevant distinctions or objections v : argue over petty things "Let's not quibble over pennies" [syn: {niggle}, {pettifog}, {bicker}, {squabble}, {brabble}]
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