Squabble Definition

skwŏbəl
squabbled, squabbles, squabbling
verb
squabbled, squabbling
To quarrel noisily over a small matter; wrangle.
Webster's New World

(printing) To disarrange, so that the letters or lines stand awry and require readjustment.

To squabble type.
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noun
squabbles
A noisy, petty quarrel or dispute; wrangle.
Webster's New World

A minor fight or argument as between children, for example.

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Other Word Forms of Squabble

Noun

Singular:
squabble
Plural:
squabbles

Origin of Squabble

  • Probably of North Germanic origin, related to Swedish dialectal skvabbel (“a dispute, quarrel, gossip"), Norwegian dialectal skvabba (“to prattle"), German dialectal schwabbeln (“to babble, prattle"), Swedish dialectal skvappa (“to chide, scold", literally “make a splash").

    From Wiktionary

  • Probably of Scandinavian origin

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

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