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quibble (verb)

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  • quibble — I verb bicker, cavil, contend with, differ, disagree, dispute, dissent, equivocate, fence, haggle, join issue, oppose, palter, quarrel, tergiversate, wrangle II index equivocate, haggle, prevaricate, tergiversate …   Law dictionary

  • quibble — ► NOUN 1) a slight objection or criticism. 2) archaic a pun. ► VERB ▪ argue about a trivial matter. ORIGIN from obsolete quib «a petty objection», probably from Latin quibus, from qui, quae, quod who, what, which , frequently used in legal… …   English terms dictionary

  • quibble — I UK [ˈkwɪb(ə)l] / US verb [intransitive] Word forms quibble : present tense I/you/we/they quibble he/she/it quibbles present participle quibbling past tense quibbled past participle quibbled to argue or complain about something that is not… …   English dictionary

  • quibble — I. verb (quibbled; quibbling) Date: 1656 intransitive verb 1. to evade the point of an argument by caviling about words 2. a. cavil, carp b. bicker transitive verb to subject to quibbles • …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • quibble — 1 verb (intransitive + over/about) to argue about small points or details that are completely unimportant: Don t quibble about the money just pay what she asks. 2 noun (C) a small complaint or criticism about something very unimportant: I have… …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • quibble — /ˈkwɪbəl / (say kwibuhl) noun 1. a use of ambiguous, prevaricating, or irrelevant language or arguments to evade a point at issue. 2. the use of such arguments. 3. trivial, petty, or carping criticism. –verb (i) (quibbled, quibbling) 4. to evade… …  

  • quibble — 1. noun A trivial or minor complaint, objection or argument. I have a quibble with the management practice of declaring everything urgent. 2. verb To complain or argue in a trivi …   Wiktionary

  • quibble — quib|ble1 [ kwıbl ] verb intransitive to argue or complain about things that are not important quibble quib|ble 2 [ kwıbl ] noun count a complaint or criticism about something that is not important …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • quibble — 1. noun I have just one quibble Syn: criticism, objection, complaint, protest, argument, exception, grumble, grouse, cavil; informal beef, gripe, moan 2. verb no one quibbled with the title Syn: object to, find fa …   Thesaurus of popular words

  • quibble — [ˈkwɪb(ə)l] verb [I] to argue or complain about things that are not important quibble noun [C] …   Dictionary for writing and speaking English

  • quibble — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. evasion, equivocation, sophism, cavil. See avoidance, dissent, falsehood. II (Roget s IV) n. 1. [Evasion] Syn. equivocation, shift, dodge; see avoidance , lie 1 . 2. [A petty objection] Syn. cavil,… …   English dictionary for students

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