quibbling

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Verb

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quibbling

  1. present participle and gerund of quibble

Noun

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quibbling (plural quibblings)

  1. petty argument
    • 1917, H[erbert] G[eorge] Wells, chapter 5, in The Soul of a Bishop[1]:
      Suddenly he perceived that he was sure of God. Not perhaps of the God of Nicaea, but what did these poor little quibblings and definitions of the theologians matter?