Squabble

5 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Squabble \Squab"ble\, v. t. (Print.)
     To disarrange, so that the letters or lines stand awry or are
     mixed and need careful readjustment; -- said of type that has
     been set up.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Squabble \Squab"ble\, n.
     A scuffle; a wrangle; a brawl.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Squabble \Squab"ble\ (skw[o^]b"b'l), v. i. [imp. & p. p.
     {Squabbled} (-b'ld); p. pr. & vb. n. {Squabbling}
     (-bl[i^]ng).] [Cf. dial. Sw. skvabbel a dispute, skvappa to
     chide.]
     1. To contend for superiority in an unseemly manner; to
        scuffle; to struggle; to wrangle; to quarrel.
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     2. To debate peevishly; to dispute.
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              The sense of these propositions is very plain,
              though logicians might squabble a whole day whether
              they should rank them under negative or affirmative.
                                                    --I. Watts.
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     Syn: To dispute; contend; scuffle; wrangle; quarrel;
          struggle.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  squabble
       n : a quarrel about petty points [syn: {bicker}, {bickering}, {spat},
            {tiff}, {pettifoggery}, {fuss}]
       v : argue over petty things; "Let's not quibble over pennies"
           [syn: {quibble}, {niggle}, {pettifog}, {bicker}, {brabble}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  58 Moby Thesaurus words for "squabble":
     altercate, altercation, argufy, argument, beef, bicker,
     bicker over, bickering, blood feud, brawl, broil, caterwaul, clash,
     contend about, contention, contest, controversy, differ, dispute,
     donnybrook, donnybrook fair, embroilment, encounter, fall out,
     feud, fight, fight over, flite, fliting, fracas, fuss, hassle,
     have words, imbroglio, join issue, logomachy, open quarrel,
     polemic, quarrel, quarrel over, quibble, row, scrap, set to,
     sharp words, slanging match, snarl, spar, spat, squabble over,
     strife, take issue with, tiff, tussle, vendetta, words, wrangle,
     wrangle over