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English Dictionary: bicker	by the DICT Development Group
4 results for bicker
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
bicker n a quarrel about petty points [syn: bicker, bickering, spat, tiff, squabble, pettifoggery, fuss] v argue over petty things; "Let's not quibble over pennies" Synonym(s): quibble, niggle, pettifog, bicker, squabble, brabble
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Bicker \Bick"er\, n. 1. A skirmish; an encounter. [Obs.] 2. A fight with stones between two parties of boys. [Scot.] --Jamieson. 3. A wrangle; also, a noise,, as in angry contention.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Bicker \Bick"er\, n. [See {Beaker}.] A small wooden vessel made of staves and hoops, like a tub. [Prov. Eng.]
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.