Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Quibbled"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Quibble \Quib"ble\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Quibbled}; p. pr. & vb.
n. {Quibbling}.]
1. 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.
2. To pun; to practice punning. --Cudworth.
Syn: To cavil; shuffle; equivocate; trifle.
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