Dictionary Entry
quarrel
quarrel is a 7-letter English word with 19 senses as noun, intransitive verb, transitive verb, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: An arrow for a crossbow; -- so named because it commonly had a square head. Face value is 16 in Scrabble and 18 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
7 letters · Scrabble 16 · Words With Friends 18 · 19 senses
Definitions
- 1noun
An arrow for a crossbow; -- so named because it commonly had a square head.
- 2noun
Any small square or quadrangular member
- 3noun
A square of glass, esp. when set diagonally.
- 4noun
A small opening in window tracery, of which the cusps, etc., make the form nearly square.
- 5noun
A square or lozenge-shaped paving tile.
- 6noun
A glazier's diamond.
- 7noun
A four-sided cutting tool or chisel having a diamond-shaped end.
- 8noun
A breach of concord, amity, or obligation; a falling out; a difference; a disagreement; an antagonism in opinion, feeling, or conduct; esp., an angry dispute, contest, or strife; a brawl; an altercation; as, he had a quarrel with his father about expenses.
- 9noun
Ground of objection, dislike, difference, or hostility; cause of dispute or contest; occasion of altercation.
- 10noun
Earnest desire or longing.
- 11intransitive verb
To violate concord or agreement; to have a difference; to fall out; to be or become antagonistic.
- 12intransitive verb
To dispute angrily, or violently; to wrangle; to scold; to altercate; to contend; to fight.
- 13intransitive verb
To find fault; to cavil; as, to quarrel with one's lot.
- 14transitive verb
To quarrel with.
- 15transitive verb
To compel by a quarrel; as, to quarrel a man out of his estate or rights.
- 16noun
One who quarrels or wrangles; one who is quarrelsome.
- 17noun
an arrow that is shot from a crossbow; has a head with four edges
- 18noun
an angry dispute
"they had a quarrel"
"they had words"
- 19verb
have a disagreement over something
"We quarreled over the question as to who discovered America"
"These two fellows are always scrapping over something"
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