squabble

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• Received-Pronunciation: /ˈskwɒbəl/
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• General-American: /ˈskwɑːbəl/
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• General-American: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
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• rhymes with -ɒbəl
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• CMU ARPABET: S K W AA1 B AH0 L Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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The noun form first appears c. 1602, while the verbal form first appears c. 1616. Probably of North Germanic origin and ultimately imitative. Related to Swedish dialectal skvabbel (“a dispute, quarrel, gossip”), Norwegian dialectal skvabba (“to prattle”), German dialectal schwabbeln (“to babble, prattle”), Swedish dialectal skvappa (“to chide, scold”, literally “make a splash”).

73 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Arabic: شِجَار (šijār) — minor fight or argument
• Bulgarian: разправия (razpravija) — minor fight or argument
• Czech: půtka — minor fight or argument
• Czech: rozmíška — minor fight or argument
• Czech: hašteření — minor fight or argument
• Czech: poškorpení — minor fight or argument
• Czech: šarvátka — minor fight or argument
• Dutch: gekrakeel — minor fight or argument
• Finnish: kinastelu — minor fight or argument
• French: dispute — minor fight or argument
• French: guéguerre — minor fight or argument
• French: riotte — minor fight or argument
• German: Rangelei — minor fight or argument
• German: Gerangel — minor fight or argument
• German: Disput — minor fight or argument
• Greek: αψιμαχία (apsimachía) — minor fight or argument
• Hindi: झगड़ा (jhagṛā) — minor fight or argument
• Hindi: लड़ाई (laṛāī) — minor fight or argument
• Italian: scaramuccia — minor fight or argument
• Italian: litigio — minor fight or argument
• Italian: battibecco — minor fight or argument
• Italian: diatriba — minor fight or argument
• Māori: komekome — minor fight or argument
• Norwegian Bokmål: kjekling — minor fight or argument
• Norwegian Nynorsk: kjekling — minor fight or argument
• Persian: بگومگو (begu-magu) — minor fight or argument
• Persian: یکیبهدو (yeki-be-do) — minor fight or argument
• Russian: ссо́ра (ssóra) — minor fight or argument
• Russian: перебра́нка (perebránka) — minor fight or argument
• Scottish Gaelic: connsachadh — minor fight or argument
• Scottish Gaelic: connspaid — minor fight or argument
• Scottish Gaelic: trod — minor fight or argument
• Serbo-Croatian: čarka — minor fight or argument
• Spanish: disputilla — minor fight or argument
• Spanish: repique — minor fight or argument
• Swedish: käbbel — minor fight or argument
• Swedish: kiv — minor fight or argument
• Swedish: bjäbb — minor fight or argument
• Turkish: hırgür — minor fight or argument
• Turkish: itiş kakış — minor fight or argument
• Welsh: cynnen — minor fight or argument
• Welsh: ffrwgwd — minor fight or argument
• Arabic: شَاجَرَ (šājara) — participate in a minor fight or argument
• Bulgarian: дърля се (dǎrlja se) — participate in a minor fight or argument
• Bulgarian: разправям се (razpravjam se) — participate in a minor fight or argument
• Catalan: barallar — participate in a minor fight or argument
• Czech: škorpit se — participate in a minor fight or argument
• Czech: hašteřit — participate in a minor fight or argument
• Czech: poškorpit se — participate in a minor fight or argument
• Dutch: kibbelen — participate in a minor fight or argument
• Dutch: harrewarren — participate in a minor fight or argument
• Finnish: kinastella — participate in a minor fight or argument
• French: se chamailler — participate in a minor fight or argument
• German: sich kabbeln — participate in a minor fight or argument
• German: (sich) zanken — participate in a minor fight or argument
• Greek: αψιμαχώ (apsimachó) — participate in a minor fight or argument
• Italian: litigare — participate in a minor fight or argument
• Italian: accapigliarsi — participate in a minor fight or argument
• Latin: jurgo — participate in a minor fight or argument
• Māori: whakanihoniho — participate in a minor fight or argument
• Māori: komekome — participate in a minor fight or argument
• Norwegian: kjekle — participate in a minor fight or argument
• Portuguese: brigar — participate in a minor fight or argument
• Romanian: certa — participate in a minor fight or argument
• Russian: вздо́рить (vzdóritʹ) — participate in a minor fight or argument
• Scottish Gaelic: connsaich — participate in a minor fight or argument
• Scottish Gaelic: troid — participate in a minor fight or argument
• Serbo-Croatian: čarkati — participate in a minor fight or argument
• Spanish: repiquetear — participate in a minor fight or argument
• Spanish: discutir — participate in a minor fight or argument
• Swedish: käbbla — participate in a minor fight or argument
• Welsh: cecru — participate in a minor fight or argument
• Welsh: ymgecru — participate in a minor fight or argument