QUIBBLE
\kwˈɪbə͡l], \kwˈɪbəl], \k_w_ˈɪ_b_əl]\
Definitions of QUIBBLE
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
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argue over petty things; "Let's not quibble over pennies"
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evade the truth of a point or question by raising irrelevant objections
By Princeton University
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argue over petty things; "Let's not quibble over pennies"
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evade the truth of a point or question by raising irrelevant objections
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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A shift or turn from the point in question; a trifling or evasive distinction; an evasion; a cavil.
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A pun; a low conceit.
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To pun; to practice punning.
By Oddity Software
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A shift or turn from the point in question; a trifling or evasive distinction; an evasion; a cavil.
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A pun; a low conceit.
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To pun; to practice punning.
By Noah Webster.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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A turning away from the point in question into matters irrelevant or insignificant: an evasion, a pun: a petty conceit.
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To evade a question by a play upon words: to cavil: to trifle in argument: to pun.
By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
By James Champlin Fernald
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