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1 chamailler
(colloq): se chamailler ʃamaje verbe pronominal to squabble* * *[ʃamaje]se chamailler verbe pronominal (emploi réciproque)————————se chamailler avec verbe pronominal plus préposition -
2 se chamailler
ʃamɒje vpr/vito squabble, to bickerElle se chamaille sans cesse avec son frère. — She's always squabbling with her brother.
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3 mégoter
v. intrans.1. To go collecting 'dogends' (in order to make up 'second- hand' cigarettes).2. To behave in a stingy manner, to bicker over trifling amounts of money. Il passe son temps à mégoter sur les notes de frais: He likes to go through expense claims with a fine toothcomb. Il ne mégote pas sur la qualité, lui: He believes in giving customers value for money.
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bicker — UK [ˈbɪkə(r)] / US [ˈbɪkər] verb [intransitive] Word forms bicker : present tense I/you/we/they bicker he/she/it bickers present participle bickering past tense bickered past participle bickered to argue about things that are not important bicker … English dictionary
bicker — bick|er [ bıkər ] verb intransitive to argue about things that are not important: bicker (with someone) over/about something: children bickering with each other over whose turn is next ╾ bick|er|ing [ bıkəriŋ ] noun uncount: tired of the constant … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
Bicker, Lincolnshire — Bicker is a village in Lincolnshire, England. It is around nine miles west south west of Boston, on the A52.It is one of eighteen parishes which, together with Boston, form the Borough of Boston in the county of Lincolnshire, England. The local… … Wikipedia
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.] [1913… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Bicker — Bick er, n. 1. A skirmish; an encounter. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] 2. A fight with stones between two parties of boys. [Scot.] Jamieson. [1913 Webster] 3. A wrangle; also, a noise,, as in angry contention. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
bicker — [bik′ər] vi. [ME bikeren, ? akin to Fris bikkern, hack, gnaw] 1. to have a petty quarrel; squabble 2. to move with quick, rippling noises [a bickering brook] 3. to flicker, twinkle, etc. n. 1. a petty quarrel 2. a rippli … English World dictionary
bicker — v. (D; intr.) 1) to bicker constantly, incessantly 2) to bicker about, over; with * * * [ bɪkə] incessantly over with (D;intr.) to bicker constantly to bicker about … Combinatory dictionary
bicker — [[t]bɪ̱kə(r)[/t]] bickers, bickering, bickered V RECIP When people bicker, they argue or quarrel about unimportant things. [V over/about n (non recip)] I went into medicine to care for patients, not to waste time bickering over budgets... [pl n… … English dictionary
bicker — Synonyms and related words: altercate, argue, argufy, around the bush, bandy words, battle, beat, beat about, beg the question, bicker over, boggle, brawl, broil, caterwaul, cavil, choplogic, clack, clatter, clitter, contend, contend about,… … Moby Thesaurus
bicker — I. noun Etymology: Middle English biker Date: 14th century 1. petulant quarreling ; altercation 2. a sound of or as if of bickering II. intransitive verb (bickered; bickering) Date: 15th century … New Collegiate Dictionary
bicker — verb 1》 argue about petty and trivial matters. 2》 literary (of water) flow with a gentle repetitive noise. Derivatives bickerer noun Origin ME: of unknown origin … English new terms dictionary
