bicker
bicker
Definition
bicker (bik′ər)
intransitive verb
- to have a petty quarrel; squabble
- to move with quick, rippling noises a bickering brook
- to flicker, twinkle, etc.
Etymology: ME bikeren, ? akin to Fris bikkern, hack, gnaw
noun
- a petty quarrel
- a rippling or pattering sound
bick′·erer noun
bicker
Synonyms
bicker
Usage Examples
Object
- lot: We did bicker rather a lot and it was quite stressful knowing we had to move for the last two nights.
- rivalry: Lively banter, bickering rivalry and a smidgeon of sexual tension make the tense finale all the more involving.
- wife: His wives sometimes bickered among themselves and even once engaged in a petty plot against him.
Preposition: over
- food: We watched them bicker over food until time to turn in the car and scoot back to Saipan on the Tinian Express.
Modifying Another Word
- constantly: The scene is set, eventually the unlikely duo are skating together bickering constantly.
- always: The merger of the Boro and County councils ( who seem to always bickering with each other!
- about: Len and Joan bicker about why neither of them were promoted to Acting Governor.
- still: The ponies are still bickering over night and Jack has a kick on his hind leg, but nothing too serious.
- endlessly: RIP Small and scuzzy with fair seats and endlessly bickering staff.
- away: Can you now understand why we bicker away on the Randall blog?
Noun used with modifier
- party: The main parties bicker about tiny modifications to our present course of complete stifling of the individual by the state, and economic stagnation.
- camp: But while warring camps bicker and brief, this is not the message the voters are hearing.
Used with why or when
- when: My mom and I bicker about this when there's nothing on TV.
Preposition: like
- couple: We still bicker like any married couple ( usually about silly things ) but the drama's that erupted a year ago have stopped.
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