adj
Meaning 1
That bickers; argumentative.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
bickering
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Sound
Pronunciation
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CMU ARPABET: B IH1 K ER0 IH0 NG Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
noun
Meaning 2
Petty quarreling.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- 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.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 3
present participle and gerund of bicker
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: form-of, gerund, participle, present
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noun
Meaning 4
a quarrel about petty points
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: bicker, spat, tiff, squabble, pettifoggery, fuss
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: quarrel, wrangle, row, words, run-in, dustup
History
Etymology
No etymology was provided for this word.
Across languages
Translations
20 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Finnish: kiistely — petty quarreling
- Finnish: kinastelu — petty quarreling
- French: chamaillerie — petty quarreling
- German: Gezanke — petty quarreling
- Hindi: कहासुनी (kahāsunī) — petty quarreling
- Hindi: नोक-झोंक (nok-jhõk) — petty quarreling
- Hungarian: veszekedés — petty quarreling
- Hungarian: civódás — petty quarreling
- Hungarian: pörlekedés — petty quarreling
- Icelandic: nagg — petty quarreling
- Marathi: बाचाबाची (bācābācī) — petty quarreling
- Marathi: भांडण (bhāṇḍaṇ) — petty quarreling
- Marathi: भांडणतंटा (bhāṇḍaṇtaṇṭā) — petty quarreling
- Marshallese: akwāāl — petty quarreling
- Russian: перебранка (perebranka) — petty quarreling
- Spanish: riña — petty quarreling
- Swedish: käbbel — petty quarreling
- Tocharian B: śalna — petty quarreling
- Dutch: gekrakeel — present participle of bicker
- Swedish: käbbla — present participle of bicker