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ALL meanings of quibble

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  • noun quibble petty remark or objection 1
  • intransitive verb quibble make petty objections 1
  • noun quibble an instance of the use of ambiguous, prevaricating, or irrelevant language or arguments to evade a point at issue. 1
  • noun quibble the general use of such arguments. 1
  • noun quibble petty or carping criticism; a minor objection. 1
  • verb without object quibble to equivocate. 1
  • verb without object quibble to carp; cavil. 1
  • noun quibble A slight objection or criticism. 1
  • verb quibble When people quibble over a small matter, they argue about it even though it is not important. 0
  • countable noun quibble A quibble is a small and unimportant complaint about something. 0
  • verb quibble to make trivial objections; prevaricate 0
  • verb quibble to play on words; pun 0
  • noun quibble a trivial objection or equivocation, esp one used to avoid an issue 0
  • noun quibble a pun 0
  • noun quibble a play on words; pun 0
  • noun quibble an evasion of the main point as by emphasizing some petty detail; cavil 0
  • noun quibble a petty objection or criticism 0
  • intransitive verb quibble to evade the truth of a point under discussion by caviling; resort to a quibble 0
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