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• quarrel — I n. 1) to cause, lead to a quarrel (their political differences led to a bitter quarrel) 2) to have, pick, provoke, start a quarrel (he picked a quarrel with his neighbor) 3) to patch up, settle a quarrel 4) a bitter, furious, violent; long… …   Combinatory dictionary

• Quarrel — Quar rel, n. [OE. querele, OF. querele, F. querelle, fr. L. querela, querella, a complaint, fr. queri to complain. See {Querulous}.] 1. A breach of concord, amity, or obligation; a falling out; a difference; a disagreement; an antagonism in… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• quarrel — quar|rel1 [ˈkwɔrəl US ˈkwo: , ˈkwa: ] n especially BrE [Date: 1300 1400; : Old French; Origin: querele complaint , from Latin querela, from queri to complain ] 1.) an angry argument or disagreement ▪ I think they ve had a quarrel . quarrel with ▪ …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• quarrel — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun ADJECTIVE ▪ bitter, serious, violent ▪ family, internal, lovers ▪ personal, private …   Collocations dictionary

• quarrel — 1 noun (C) 1 an angry argument, often about something that is not important (+ with): She got into a silly quarrel with the other children. (+ about/over): What was the quarrel all about? | pick a quarrel (with) (=deliberately start a quarrel):… …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• quarrel — quar|rel1 [ kwɔrəl ] noun count * 1. ) an argument, especially one about something unimportant between people who know each other well: petty quarrels quarrel about/over: We had the usual family quarrel about who should take the dog out. quarrel… …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

• quarrel */ — I UK [ˈkwɒrəl] / US [ˈkwɔrəl] noun [countable] Word forms quarrel : singular quarrel plural quarrels 1) an argument, especially one about something unimportant between people who know each other well petty quarrels quarrel about/over: We had the… …   English dictionary

• quarrel — 01. The young child was woken up by the sound of his parents [quarrelling] in the kitchen. 02. The [quarrel] between the Israelis and the Palestinians has cost thousands of lives over the years. 03. My older sister always [quarrelled] with my… …   Grammatical examples in English

• quarrel — I. noun Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo French, square block of stone, bolt, from Vulgar Latin *quadrellum, diminutive of Latin quadrum square more at quadrate Date: 13th century a square headed bolt or arrow especially for a crossbow II.… …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• quarrel — 1. noun they had a quarrel about money Syn: argument, disagreement, squabble, fight, dispute, wrangle, clash, altercation, feud, contretemps, disputation, falling out, war of words, shouting match; informal tiff, run in, hassle, blowup …   Thesaurus of popular words

• quarrel# — quarrel n Quarrel, wrangle, altercation, squabble, bickering, spat, tiff are comparable when they mean a dispute marked by anger or discord on both sides. The same distinctions in implications and connotations are found in their corresponding… …   New Dictionary of Synonyms