squabble

squabble is a 8-letter English word with 6 senses as intransitive verb, transitive verb, noun, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: To contend for superiority in an unseemly maner; to scuffle; to struggle; to wrangle; to quarrel. Face value is 21 in Scrabble and 25 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 21 · Words With Friends 25 · 6 senses

Definitions

1. intransitive verb. To contend for superiority in an unseemly maner; to scuffle; to struggle; to wrangle; to quarrel.
2. intransitive verb. To debate peevishly; to dispute.
3. transitive verb. To disarrange, so that the letters or lines stand awry or are mixed and need careful readjustment; -- said of type that has been set up.
4. noun. A scuffle; a wrangle; a brawl.
5. noun. a quarrel about petty points

   Synonyms: bicker, bickering, fuss, pettifoggery, spat, tiff

6. verb. argue over petty things

   "Let's not quibble over pennies"

   Synonyms: bicker, brabble, niggle, pettifog, quibble

Synonyms

bicker, bickering, fuss, pettifoggery, spat, tiff, brabble, niggle, pettifog, quibble

Common word forms

squabbled, squabbler, squabbles, squabbling

Words from these letters

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