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What (who) is QUIBBLED - definition
Quibbled
·Impf & ·p.p. of Quibble.
quibble
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Quibbles; Quibbling; Quibble (disambiguation)
(quibbles, quibbling, quibbled)
1.
When people quibble over a small matter, they argue about it even though it is not important.
Council members spent the day quibbling over the final wording of the resolution...
V-RECIP: V over/about/with n
2.
A quibble is a small and unimportant complaint about something.
These are minor quibbles.
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quibble
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Quibbles; Quibbling; Quibble (disambiguation)
I. n.
1.
Evasion, cavil, subterfuge, pretence, subtlety, quirk, shift, prevarication, equivocation, sophism, quiddity, trifling nicety.
2.
Pun, clinch, calembourg, play upon words.
II. v. n.
1.
Cavil, shuffle, prevaricate, equivocate, practise evasion, evade the truth, trifle, shift.
2.
Pun, play upon words.
Examples of use of QUIBBLED
1. "It will be worth it." No one quibbled with that.
2. The Iraqis quibbled over the asking price, $3'.7 million, but seemed satisfied.
3. The two agencies quibbled over whether it should include an apology, according to officials.
4. He promised to "go at this thing soup to nuts," adding: "We‘re gonna get at it real quickly." But then he quibbled with the scope of the problem.
5. "In 37 years [as a prosecutor], I‘ve never quibbled with a jury‘s verdict, and I‘m not going to start today," he said.