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Webster 1913 Edition
Squabble
Squab′ble
(skwŏb′b’l)
, Verb.
I.
[
imp. & p. p.
Squabbled
(-b’ld)
; p. pr. & vb. n.
Squabbling
(-blĭng)
.] [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.
2.
To debate peevishly; to dispute.
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.
Syn. – To dispute; contend; scuffle; wrangle; quarrel; struggle.
Squab′ble
,Verb.
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.
Squab′ble
,Noun.
A scuffle; a wrangle; a brawl.
Webster 1828 Edition
Squabble
SQUABBLE
,Verb.
I.
1.
To contend for superiority; to scuffle; to struggle; as, two persons squabble in sport.2.
To contend; to wrangle; to quarrel.3.
To debate peevishly; to dispute. If there must be disputes, it is less criminal to squabble than to murder.[Squabble is not an elegant word in any of its uses. In some of them it is low.]
SQUABBLE
,Noun.
Definition 2024
squabble
squabble
English
Noun
squabble (plural squabbles)
Derived terms
Translations
minor fight or argument
Verb
squabble (third-person singular simple present squabbles, present participle squabbling, simple past and past participle squabbled)
- (intransitive) To participate in a minor fight or argument.
- The brothers were always squabbling with each other.
- I. Watts
- The sense of these propositions is very plain, though logicians might squabble a whole day whether they should rank them under negative or affirmative.
- (transitive, printing) To disarrange, so that the letters or lines stand awry and require readjustment.
- to squabble type
Synonyms
- See also Wikisaurus:squabble
Derived terms
Translations
participate in a minor fight or argument