Pettifog

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • verb-intransitive. To act like a pettifogger. See Synonyms at quibble.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • v. To quibble over trivial matters; nitpick
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • verb-intransitive. To do a petty business as a lawyer; also, to do law business in a petty or tricky way.
  • v. To advocate like a pettifogger; to argue trickily.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • To play the pettifogger; do small business as a lawyer.
  • n. A confusing fog or mist: in allusion to pettifog, v.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • v. argue over petty things
    • Verb Form
    pettifogged    pettifogging    pettifogs   
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    fence    contend    argue    debate   
    Variant
    pettifogging    pettifogged   
    Form
    pettifogged    pettifogging   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    prevaricate   
     
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