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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 "
spat
"
spat
fuss
bickering
squabble
tiff
Examples for "
spat
"
1
The latest diplomatic
spat
came as violence along the Israel-Gaza border simmered.
2
Anyway, in this case, the number it
spat
out was your age.
3
I
spat
,
none too pleased with my situation, press-ganged into mercenary service.
4
Following the
spat
,
Trump signed an executive order to regulate social media.
5
This is Mr Trump's second high-profile
spat
with a female news anchor.
1
The league has come and gone without
fuss
;
wait for the championship.
2
The newscaster had made a
fuss
over that issue also, of course.
3
Grandmother wanted most of all to save the family money &
fuss
.
4
There are often days when I want something tasty with minimal
fuss
.
5
Why all the
fuss
,
if Ireland is fully funded until next year?
1
Well you young people are impressionable.' She again started moaning and
bickering
.
2
We know there was a long, earlier era of
bickering
machine probes.
3
And it represents a calamity far beyond the
bickering
of local lords.
4
The parents were
bickering
,
perhaps about how she had gotten that way.
5
Einstein was the only thinker in a century gone mad from
bickering
.
1
The politicians just shout and
squabble
and all of Europe knows it.
2
Cross-border banks may prove harder to resolve if authorities
squabble
over losses.
3
Later we may
squabble
,
just the way I do with Walt now.
4
Now divine attention has become a resource that they must
squabble
for.
5
Once they are in there they can talk and
squabble
for hours.
1
I do not think that I am in a
tiff
,
Sir Francis.
2
He privately thought the girl might have gone off in a
tiff
.
3
They parted in a
tiff
-
that
's
the
way she got rid of him.
4
We had a slight
tiff
,
and she has bolted off to Meran.
5
They had a little
tiff
on account of Johnson's Edition of Shakspeare.
1
Do you take for philosophy this twaddle, this intolerable
pettifoggery
adorned with a few scholastic trimmings?
2
"I must observe that this whole proceeding smacks of
pettifoggery
and chicanery."
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
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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
United States of America
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