bickering
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English[edit]
Adjective[edit]
bickering (comparative more bickering, superlative most bickering)
- That bickers; argumentative
Derived terms[edit]
Noun[edit]
bickering (plural bickerings)
- Petty quarreling. Usually considered a childish behaviour, although often applied to adults.
- 1820, in Memoirs of John Duke of Marlborough, By William Coxe, Ch.40 heading.
- Meeting of Parliament. — Choice of a whig Speaker. — Speech from the throne. — Parliamentary proceedings, and party bickerings.
- 2011 October 15, Phil McNulty, “Liverpool 1 - 1 Man Utd”, in BBC Sport[1]:
- After Evra was also shown a yellow card following a prolonged bout of bickering which also involved Suarez, Ferguson decided on a double change by replacing Park Ji-sung and Ashley Young with Nani and Rooney.
- 2023 May 12, Pjotr Sauer, “Russian troops fall back to ‘defensive positions’ near Bakhmut”, in The Guardian[2], →ISSN:
- Ukrainian intelligence said on Friday that Prigozhin’s public bickering with the army leadership confirmed “their fear of responsibility for the inevitable geopolitical defeat of Moscow”.
- 1820, in Memoirs of John Duke of Marlborough, By William Coxe, Ch.40 heading.
Translations[edit]
petty quarreling
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Verb[edit]
bickering
- present participle and gerund of bicker