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Squabbling

To participate in a minor fight or argument.

📖 Definitions of "Squabbling"

verb

1
To participate in a minor fight or argument.
"The brothers were always squabbling with each other."
2
To disarrange, so that the letters or lines stand awry and require readjustment.
"to squabble type"

noun

Found via reverse dictionary — words that share a conceptual meaning.

Word	Definition
bickerverb	To quarrel in a tiresome, insulting manner.
tiffnoun	A (generally small) argument or disagreement; a petty quarrel, a spat.
bickeringnoun	Petty quarreling.
brabblenoun	(dated) To make clamorous noises; to act noisily.
quibblenoun	An argument or objection based on an ambiguity of wording or similar trivial circumstance; a minor complaint.
pettifogverb	(intransitive) To quibble over trivial matters; nitpick.
nigglenoun	A minor complaint or problem.
fussnoun	(countable or uncountable) Excessive activity, worry, bother, or talk about something.
spatverb	A brief argument, falling out, quarrel.
quarrellingnoun	A heated argument.
quarrelnoun	(countable) A dispute or heated argument (especially one that is verbal).
wranglingnoun	dispute; disputation; quarreling
brawlnoun	A disorderly argument or fight, usually with a large number of people involved.
quibblingnoun	petty argument
disputenoun	An argument or disagreement, a failure to agree.
controversynoun	A debate or discussion of opposing opinions; (generally) strife.
rivalrynoun	An ongoing relationship between (usually two) rivals who compete for superiority.
strifenoun	Bitter conflict, sometimes violent.
infightingnoun	Fighting or quarreling among the members of a single group or side.
discordnoun	Lack of concord, agreement, harmony; disaccord.