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quibbling |
2 definitions found 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]: quibbling adj : quibbling over insignificant details; "caviling pettifoggers and quiggling pleaders"-Edmund Burke; "her nagging and carping attack"; "thought her editor unnecessarily nitpicking"; "a pettifogging lawyer's mind"; "had no patience with quibbling critics" [syn: {caviling}, {carping}, {nitpicking}, {pettifogging}]
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