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squabble

 

  4  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Squabble  \Squab"ble\,  v.  i.  [imp.  &  p.  p.  {Squabbled};  p.  pr  & 
  vb  n.  {Squabbling}.]  [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. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Squabble  \Squab"ble\,  v.  t.  (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 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Squabble  \Squab"ble\,  n. 
  A  scuffle;  a  wrangle;  a  brawl. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  squabble 
  n  :  petty  quarrel  [syn:  {bicker},  {bickering},  {spat},  {tiff},  {fuss}] 
  v  :  argue  over  petty  things  "Let's  not  quibble  over  pennies" 
  [syn:  {quibble},  {niggle},  {pettifog},  {bicker},  {brabble}]




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