quibble

quibble is a 7-letter English word with 7 senses as noun, intransitive verb, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: A shift or turn from the point in question; a trifling or evasive distinction; an evasion; a cavil. Face value is 20 in Scrabble and 24 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 20 · Words With Friends 24 · 7 senses

Definitions

1. noun. A shift or turn from the point in question; a trifling or evasive distinction; an evasion; a cavil.
2. noun. A pun; a low conceit.
3. intransitive verb. To evade the point in question by artifice, play upon words, caviling, or by raising any insignificant or impertinent question or point; to trifle in argument or discourse; to equivocate.
4. intransitive verb. To pun; to practice punning.
5. noun. an evasion of the point of an argument by raising irrelevant distinctions or objections

   Synonyms: cavil, quiddity

6. verb. argue over petty things

   "Let's not quibble over pennies"

   Synonyms: bicker, brabble, niggle, pettifog, squabble

7. verb. evade the truth of a point or question by raising irrelevant objections

Synonyms

cavil, quiddity, bicker, brabble, niggle, pettifog, squabble

Common word forms

quibbled, quibbler, quibbles, quibbling

Words from these letters

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