Bicker

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • verb-intransitive. To engage in a petty, bad-tempered quarrel; squabble. See Synonyms at argue.
  • verb-intransitive. To flicker; quiver: "and bicker like a flame” ( Robert Browning).
  • n. A petty quarrel; a squabble.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • v. To quarrel in a tiresome, insulting manner.
  • v. To move tremulously, quiver, shimmer (of a water stream, of a flame)
  • n. A skirmish; an encounter.
  • n. A fight with stones between two parties of boys.
  • n. A wrangle; also, a noise, as in angry contention.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. A small wooden vessel made of staves and hoops, like a tub.
  • verb-intransitive. To skirmish; to exchange blows; to fight.
  • verb-intransitive. To contend in petulant altercation; to wrangle.
  • verb-intransitive. To move quickly and unsteadily, or with a pattering noise; to quiver; to be tremulous, like flame.
  • n. A skirmish; an encounter.
  • n. A fight with stones between two parties of boys.
  • n. A wrangle; also, a noise,, as in angry contention.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • To exchange blows; skirmish; fight off and on: said particularly of the skirmishing of archers and slingers.
  • To quarrel; contend in words; engage in petulant altercation; wrangle.
  • Hence —3. To make a brawling sound; make any repeated noisy action; clatter.
  • To run rapidly; move quickly; quiver; be tremulous, like flame or water.
  • To make a short rapid run.
  • To strike repeatedly.
  • n. A fight, especially a confused fight.
  • n. A quarrel; an angry dispute; an altercation.
  • n. A confused or rapid succession of sounds; a rattling or clattering noise.
  • n. A short rapid run or race; a staggering run, as from loss of equilibrium.
  • n. A bowl or dish for containing liquor, properly one made of wood; a drinking-cup; also, specifically, in many parts of Scotland, a wooden dish made of staves and hoops, like a tub, for holding food.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • v. argue over petty things
  • n. a quarrel about petty points
  • Verb Form
    bickered    bickering    bickers   
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    fence    contend    argue    debate    words    run-in    wrangle    row    quarrel    dustup   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    wrangle    quiver    skirmish    encounter    quarrel    dispute    murmur    squabble   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    bricker    clicker    dicker    flicker    kicker    knicker    licker    liquor    picker    quicker   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    wrangle    dissensions    squabble    feud    recrimination    disagreement    contention    dissension    animosity    rivalry