quibble

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[edit] Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɪbəl

[edit] Noun

quibble (plural quibbles)

1. A trivial or minor complaint, objection or argument.

   I have a quibble with the management practice of declaring everything urgent.

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Finnish: kiusanaihe, kränä (colloquial) French: argutie (f) Portuguese: minúcia (f) Spanish: sutileza (f), argucia (f)

[edit] Verb

to quibble (third-person singular simple present quibbles, present participle quibbling, simple past and past participle quibbled)

1. (intransitive) To complain or argue in a trivial or petty manner.

   They are constantly quibbling over insignificant details.

[edit] Translations

Esperanto: ĉikani Finnish: marista, narista, valittaa French: chicaner, argumenter, chinoiser, chipoter German: herumstreiten, kleinlich sein

Latin: cavillari Portuguese: preocupar-se, preocupar-se com minúcias Spanish: buscar evasivas, sutilizar, andar con sutilezas