squabble

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(noun.)

ADJ

petty | bitter | domestic, family | internal

VERB + SQUABBLE

have | resolve, settle

PREP

~ about/over

The children squabbled over who got to sit in the front seat of the car.

~ among/between

The family had a minor squabble among themselves over which restaurant to choose for dinner.

~ with

The neighbors had a squabble with each other about whose turn it was to fix the fence.

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noun

1

A minor fight or argument.

The children got into a squabble about who should ride in the front of the car.

It was obvious to the inhabitants of the small coastal town of Bridport that in the midst of these squabbles their need for a railway was going to be overlooked, and they decided to take the matter into their own hands.

verb

1

To participate in a minor fight or argument; to quarrel.

The brothers were always squabbling with each other.

The sense of these propositions is very plain and easy, though logicians might perhaps squabble a whole day whether they should rank them under negative or affirmative.

2

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

to squabble type

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noun — a quarrel about petty points

verb — argue over petty things

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The children got into a squabble about who should ride in the front of the car.

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It was obvious to the inhabitants of the small coastal town of Bridport that in the midst of these squabbles their need for a railway was going to be overlooked, and they decided to take the matter in

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"p your mess. Also, as apologetic as you were for occupying my time, which I had hoped to spend with my daughter, you used about twice as many words as you needed to, and wasted an entire paragraph co

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The brothers were always squabbling with each other.

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The sense of these propositions is very plain and easy, though logicians might perhaps squabble a whole day whether they should rank them under negative or affirmative.

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to squabble type

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