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1 играть словами
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2 уклоняться от сути вопроса
Русско-английский синонимический словарь > уклоняться от сути вопроса
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3 придирка
cavil, captious objection, quibble; мн. тж. arraignment, fault-finding; (бюрократические придирки) chicanery* * ** * *cavil, captious objection, quibble* * *cavilcavilingcavillingchicanechicanerynagnip -
4 игра слов
1. wordplay2. play on words; pun3. quibble4. play of wordsвновь созданные слова, неологизмы — words of modern coinage
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5 безоговорочный возврат уплаченных сумм
Универсальный русско-английский словарь > безоговорочный возврат уплаченных сумм
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6 выискивать недостатки
1) General subject: cavil, quibble, pick holes in, shoot holes (in somebody or in something), knock holes (in somebody, in something), pick holes2) Makarov: carp, pick a hole in ( smth.), pick holes in (smth.), cavil about, cavil atУниверсальный русско-английский словарь > выискивать недостатки
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7 жалкая уловка
General subject: a paltry truck, quibble, quibbling -
8 замечание
1) General subject: admonition, comment, criticism, note, observation, puerility, quibble, quibbling, rebuke, remark, reprimand, reproof, throwaway, word, admonishment, point of criticism, objurgation2) Naval: minute3) Colloquial: icebreaker4) Military: administrative admonition, admonition (взыскание), admonitory address (взыскание), call-down, censure, demerit, punitive admonition5) Engineering: noticing6) Rare: commonition7) Mathematics: points8) Law: judge's comment, note (по делу)9) Australian slang: chip10) Architecture: reflection11) Jargon: dido, two cents' ( worth) /one's/12) Information technology: notice13) Student language: skin14) Business: correction15) Education: redirection (например во время урока в школе: Johnny was given redirection a number of times, but still wouldn't behave.)16) Makarov: a remark that is illustrative of his attitude17) Logistics: remarking -
9 игра слов
1) General subject: a play on words, a play upon words, carriwitchet, carwitchet, clench, clinch, equivocality, equivoke, equivoque, pun, quibble, quiddity, quip, quirk, wordplay, zeugma2) French: jeu de mots3) Linguistics: word-play4) Greek: paronomasia5) Advertising: play on words6) Patents: casuistry -
10 играть словами
General subject: quibble -
11 каламбур
1) General subject: a play on words, a play upon words, carriwitchet, carwitchet, clench, clinch, equivocality, equivoke, equivoque, play on words, pun, quibble, quiddity, quirk, word-play, wordplay2) French: jeu de mots3) Rare: calembour4) Greek: paronomasia -
12 мудрить
1) General subject: make a distinction without a difference, quibble, subtilize, trick, оverintellectualize2) Jargon: get fancy -
13 несущественное возражение или жалоба
General subject: quibbleУниверсальный русско-английский словарь > несущественное возражение или жалоба
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14 несущественное выражение
Универсальный русско-английский словарь > несущественное выражение
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15 острить
1) General subject: be witty, humorize, jest, joke, point, quibble, sharpen joke, wisecrack, witticize, (на сцене) make gags, quip, make witty remarks2) Colloquial: gag3) Diplomatic term: make a wisecrack4) Metallurgy: whet5) Jargon: wise-crack7) Makarov: crack wise -
16 превращать в шутку
Универсальный русско-английский словарь > превращать в шутку
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17 придираться
1) General subject: accuse, arraign, badger, be down on (к кому-л.), carp, cavil, chark, chicane, fault, find fault, find fault with (к кому-л., чему-л.), finick, haggle, nag, nag (к кому-л.), nagnag (к кому-л.), nark, natter, nibble, nip, pick a quarrel with (smb.) (к кому-л.), pick at, pick holes, pick on, pounce (ко всякой мелочи), pounce upon, pull apart, quarrel, quarreller, quibble, rail, seize, split hairs (over), stickle, the police are on to him (к кому-л.), to be down on (smb.) (к кому-л.), to be on (smb.'s) back (к кому-л.), to be on to (smb.) (к кому-л.), to nitpick, upbraid, knock, peek a quarrel, seek a quarrel, find fault with (к кому-л.), find fault with (к чему-л.), pick holes in (к чему-л.), shoot holes2) Australian slang: pick holes in3) Jargon: bitch, chiv, chivvy chivey, crab, eat( someone) out, (at) nark, (к кому-л.) stick it to someone, nudge, noodge4) Student language: shag5) Graphic expression: play devil's advocate6) Makarov: be on back (к кому-л.), find fault with (smb., smth.) (к кому-л., чему-л.), pick (at), pick holes in (smth.) (к чему-л.), catch up, cavil about, cavil at, chew the fat, chew the rag, find fault with (к кому-л. чему-л.), pick a hole in (к чему-л.)7) Phraseological unit: bust chops (To nag.) -
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19 софизм
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20 спорить о словах
Military: quibble over words
См. также в других словарях:
quibble — [n] objection, complaint artifice, cavil, criticism, dodge, duplicity, equivocation, evasion, hair splitter*, nicety, niggle*, nit picker*, pretense, prevarication, protest, quiddity, quirk, shift, sophism, subterfuge, subtlety; concepts 46,52… … New thesaurus
quibble — [kwib′əl] n. [dim. < obs. quib < L quibus, abl. pl. of qui, which, WHO: quibus was common in legal documents] 1. Obs. a play on words; pun 2. an evasion of the main point as by emphasizing some petty detail; cavil 3. a petty objection or… … English World dictionary
Quibble — Quib ble, n. [Probably fr. quib, quip, but influenced by quillet, or quiddity.] 1. A shift or turn from the point in question; a trifling or evasive distinction; an evasion; a cavil. [1913 Webster] Quibbles have no place in the search after truth … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
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… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Quibble — (engl., spr. Kwibbl), Wortsspiel, Zweideutigkeit, Witzelei … Pierer's Universal-Lexikon
Quibble — (Kwibbl), engl., Wortspiel; Witzelei; Zweideutigkeit … Herders Conversations-Lexikon
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 n. a minor quibble II v. (D; intr.) to quibble about, over; with (to quibble about trifles) * * * [ kwɪb(ə)l] over with (to quibble about trifles) (D; intr.) to quibble about a minor quibble … Combinatory dictionary
quibble — quib|ble1 [ˈkwıbəl] v to argue about small unimportant details quibble about/over ▪ Let s not quibble over minor details. quibble 2 quibble2 [i]n [Date: 1600 1700; Origin: Probably from quib quibble (16 17 centuries), probably from Latin quibus… … Dictionary of contemporary English
quibble — {{11}}quibble (n.) 1610s, a pun, a play on words, probably a dim. of QUIB (Cf. quib) evasion of point at issue (c.1550); that word s overuse in legal jargon supposedly gave it the association with trivial argument. Meaning equivocation, evasion… … Etymology dictionary