squabble
squabble
Definition
squab·ble (skwäb′əl)
intransitive verb -·bled, -·bling
to quarrel noisily over a small matter; wrangle
Etymology: < Scand as in Swed skvabbel, a dispute
noun
a noisy, petty quarrel or dispute; wrangle
squab′·bler noun
squabble
Synonyms
squabble
Synonyms
squabble
Usage Examples
Preposition: about
- inheritance: Another man had wanted him to sort out a domestic squabble about an inheritance.
Converse of object
- have: Emily Low has a much more animated squabble with her two partners.
- avoid: It can help ensure continuity and might avoid future squabbles about how things are done.
- do: What, after all, did local European squabbles matter when Britain was at the heart of a far-flung and world-wide Empire.
- settle: From the cr... Manufacturer: Price: 29.99 In-Stock: yes Store rating: Pocket Scrabble Dictionary 2005 Settle all Scrabble squabbles.
- come: So how has this silly little squabble come to pass?
- watch: Once again Gough held on using a defensive line, with Patten watching the two squabble in the front of him.
Adjective modifier
- petty: At the end Nana is killed in a petty squabble that does not have much to do with her anyway.
- internal: However, politicians on all sides admit such internal squabbles are unlikely to have much effect on tomorrow's result.
- minor: This presentation of the game is well done, despites the few minor squabbles I have with the game.
- domestic: A ' domestic squabble ' implied that the matter had little to do with English government policy.
- political: That it was made to a backdrop of political squabbles will have been no surprise to Jayawardene.
- bitter: In reality it was a bitter family squabble, with all sides equally to blame.
Preposition: over
- ownership: Two London families are engaged in a legal squabble over the ownership of a cat.
- matter: Weariness, complacency or discord, squabbles over petty matters, would mar our prospects.
- food: I like the way the big fish squabble over the food.
- blame: The establishment is dissolving into squabbles over the blame as our economy slides.
- border: As I noted in Part Nine, Other nations squabbled over borders as the nations were being established.
Noun used with modifier
squabble Quotes
I'll say, a strangemanisa marvel, with hismighty talk; but what's a squabble in your back-yard, and the blow of a loy, have taught me that there's a great gap between a gallous story and a dirty deed. 834
