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squabble Definition

squab·ble (skwäbəl)

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

squabble Related Forms
squab·bler noun
squabble Synonyms

squabble

n.

wrangle, bickering, quarrel, spat*; see dispute. See syn. study at quarrel.

squabble Synonyms

squabble

v.

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

  • family: In reality it was a bitter family squabble, with all sides equally to blame.
  • group: The mayor should be able to rise above the petty group squabbles and narrow party factionalism.
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

—Synge,John Millington

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