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English Dictionary: squabble	by the DICT Development Group
4 results for squabble
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
squabble 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]:
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 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.