Hypertext Webster Gateway: "squabble"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Squabble \Squab"ble\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Squabbled}; p. pr. &
vb. n. {Squabbling}.] [Cf. dial. Sw. skvabbel a dispute,
skvappa to chide.]
1. To contend for superiority in an unseemly maner; to
scuffle; to struggle; to wrangle; to quarrel.
2. To debate peevishly; to dispute.
The sense of these propositions is very plain,
though logicians might squabble a whole day whether
they should rank them under negative or affirmative.
--I. Watts.
Syn: To dispute; contend; scuffle; wrangle; quarrel;
struggle.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Squabble \Squab"ble\, v. t. (Print.)
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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Squabble \Squab"ble\, n.
A scuffle; a wrangle; a brawl.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
squabble
n : petty quarrel [syn: {bicker}, {bickering}, {spat}, {tiff}, {fuss}]
v : argue over petty things; "Let's not quibble over pennies"
[syn: {quibble}, {niggle}, {pettifog}, {bicker}, {brabble}]
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