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Squabble
Open directlyWebster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828 1 of 3
Part of speech: noun (n.)
A scuffle; a wrangle; a brawl.
Webster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828 2 of 3
Part of speech: verb (v.)
1. To contend for superiority in an unseemly maner; to scuffle; to struggle; to wrangle; to quarrel.
2. To debate peevishly; to dispute. The sense of these propositions is very plain, though logicians might squabble a whole day whether they should rank them under negative or affirmative. I. Watts.
Synonyms: dispute; contend; scuffle; wrangle; quarrel; struggle.
Webster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828 3 of 3
Part of speech: verb (v.)
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.