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Meanings of
bicker
in English
Portuguese
desavença
Catalan
topada
Spanish
roce
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A quarrel about petty points.
spat
fuss
bickering
squabble
tiff
pettifoggery
Portuguese
desavença
Portuguese
bicar reciprocamente
Catalan
disputar
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Argue over petty things.
quibble
niggle
brabble
pettifog
Portuguese
bicar reciprocamente
Synonyms
Examples for "
quibble
"
quibble
niggle
brabble
pettifog
Examples for "
quibble
"
1
He was right, of course, and there was no time to
quibble
.
2
You're in no position to talk of rights or
quibble
about titles.
3
There was barely a
quibble
about the charges during the information morning.
4
The woman was too downright in her honesty to
quibble
or fence.
5
But it is needless to
quibble
at a definition of the term.
1
It's possible that one outstanding
niggle
may resurface; if so, avoid overreacting.
2
He felt a
niggle
of worry every time he thought of her.
3
I remembered another
niggle
-
odeon
line from an earlier Spithill interview I did.
4
Leinster senior coach Stuart Lancaster said: Johnny has a lower-leg
niggle
.
5
However, one small
niggle
has been thrown up by the event.
1
His wrath at their babble and petty
brabble
doubted that they did.
2
There will be a great
brabble
about it.'
3
Other whites take part in our
brabbles
,
while temper holds out, with a certain schoolboy entertainment.
4
All their debates were pacified by him; he put an end to their
brabbling
suits at law and wrangling differences.
5
He had hailed even the Treaty of Utrecht with welcome, in hopes it might at least end these Northern
brabbles
.
1
It wouldn't do me any good to
pettifog
in this matter.
2
Lanny, you, with all your intellect-whenyou know the oath as well as
I
-
you
pettifog
like that!
3
The issues involved are too big and far-reaching for
pettifogging
methods.
4
The opposition did not propose to waste effort on
pettifogging
preliminaries.
5
Politics after Auschwitz was not meant to become yet another instance of
pettifogging
.
Usage of
bicker
in English
1
Before we can
bicker
any further, the sheriff walks into the courtroom.
2
He could not bear to hear his parents
bicker
any longer.
3
They can
bicker
and brawl to their hearts' content, it makes no difference.
4
It is never good news when two of the world's biggest economies
bicker
.
5
The current suspects get to
bicker
in a stylish basement with insulated walls.
6
But he who would
bicker
,
it must needs be with me.
7
They
bicker
like cats in a bag, worried they're not getting enough attention.
8
The people didn't send us here to
bicker
,
and it's time to govern.
9
Her face was as that of a child whose parents
bicker
before her.
10
As the shoot goes on, my publicist and Gustav
bicker
non-stop.
11
They ain't sparrows but they still
bicker
in their damned sleep.
12
The waiters
bicker
hotly; the counting-room bell rings afar off.
13
The children might giggle and
bicker
outside, but before the emperor, they showed nothing.
14
Kay and Sam, shouldering familial guilt in different ways,
bicker
over Edna's care arrangements.
15
The dwarf wanted to
bicker
but sensed that wasting time might prove uncomfortable shortly.
16
Wagner, meanwhile, is trying to crawl out while they
bicker
.
Other examples for "bicker"
Grammar, pronunciation and more
About this term
bicker
Noun
Singular
Verb
Indicative · Present
Frequent collocations
bicker over
bend the bicker
bicker a bit
bicker affectionately
bicker any
More collocations
Translations for
bicker
Portuguese
desavença
bicar reciprocamente
beijar-se
Catalan
topada
enganxada
disputar
obeir
subtilitzar
Spanish
roce
Bicker
through the time
Bicker
across language varieties
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