Dictionary Entry
pettifog
pettifog is a 8-letter English word with 3 senses as intransitive verb, transitive verb, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: To do a petty business as a lawyer; also, to do law business in a petty or tricky way. Face value is 14 in Scrabble and 16 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
8 letters · Scrabble 14 · Words With Friends 16 · 3 senses
Definitions
- 1intransitive verb
To do a petty business as a lawyer; also, to do law business in a petty or tricky way.
- 2transitive verb
To advocate like a pettifogger; to argue trickily; as, to pettifog a claim.
- 3verb
argue over petty things
"Let's not quibble over pennies"
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