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squabble

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1. squabble - Noun

2. squabble - Verb

Meaning

To contend for superiority in an unseemly maner; to scuffle; to struggle; to wrangle; to quarrel.

To debate peevishly; to dispute.

To disarrange, so that the letters or lines stand awry or are mixed and need careful readjustment; -- said of type that has been set up.

A scuffle; a wrangle; a brawl.

Source: Webster's dictionary

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Let's not quibble over pennies Source: Internet

All of the members are restored alive and well, continuing to squabble among themselves and totally oblivious of their surroundings, but each of them now speaks the language and displays the stereotypical mannerisms of a nation other than their own. Source: Internet

Breaking convention with other comic book archetypes of the time, they would squabble and hold grudges both deep and petty, and eschewed anonymity or secret identities in favor of celebrity status. Source: Internet

In Book 4, while the Greeks and Trojans squabble over the duel’s winner, Athena inspires the Trojan Pandarus to shoot Menelaus with his bow and arrow. Source: Internet

That said, FELMAUSA, before now, had been bulged down by lots of internal wrangling and squabble to the extent that its relevance and mission were fast eroding. Source: Internet

The move set off a public squabble between the IOC and Tokyo Gov Yuriko Koike. Source: Internet

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