bicker
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/ˈbɪkə/
English
Definitions
noun
- A skirmish; an encounter.
- A fight with stones between two parties of boys.
- A wrangle; also, a noise, as in angry contention.
- The process by which selective eating clubs at Princeton University choose new members.
verb
- To quarrel in a tiresome, insulting manner.“They bickered about dinner every evening.”
- To brawl or move tremulously, quiver, shimmer (of a water stream, light, flame, etc.)
- (of rain) To patter.
- To skirmish; to exchange blows; to fight.
noun
- A wooden drinking-cup or other dish.
Related words
Synonyms
wranglesquabbletiffbrabblepettifogquibblenigglefussspatnagglebicker like an old married couplebrangleargue like a married couplebicker like a married couplenibblekvetch