squabble
to engage in a petty quarrel.
Printing. to disarrange and mix (composed type).
a petty quarrel.
Origin of squabble
1Other words for squabble
Other words from squabble
- squabbler, noun
- squab·bling·ly, adverb
- un·squab·bling, adjective
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How to use squabble in a sentence
But for now all intra-Kurdish squabbles have been put aside to face the Islamic State, as ISIS now calls itself.
PKK Kurdish Terrorists Are Fighting IS Terrorists With U.S. Help | Thomas Seibert | August 16, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTA repatriation ceremony would help bury the ignominious squabbles of the past.
Incontrovertible Evidence Proves the First Americans Came From Asia | Doug Peacock | March 27, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTAfter a year and a half of eighty-hour weeks, writing, editing, settling squabbles, he was all but burned out.
Doug Kenney: The Odd Comic Genius Behind ‘Animal House’ and National Lampoon | Robert Sam Anson | March 1, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTFor every thoughtful episode of The Walking Dead, there was another bogged down with annoying squabbles and tedious villains.
What ‘The Walking Dead’ Can Learn From ‘World War Z’ | Melissa Leon | February 7, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTNothing compared to the litany of internal squabbles between right-wing radio hosts.
11 Ways Rappers Are Just Like Right-Wing Radio Hosts | Kevin Fallon | March 29, 2013 | THE DAILY BEAST
The squabbles between the armed natives and their leaders, however, were several times on the point of producing bloodshed.
The Philippine Islands | John ForemanAn old fellow more archaeologist than judge, who found delight in the petty squabbles under his eyes.
Repertory Of The Comedie Humaine, Complete, A -- Z | Anatole Cerfberr and Jules Franois ChristopheHaving no more internal squabbles to fear, it will present a formidable quadruple breast to the outer world.
Friend Mac Donald | Max O'RellIt was not often that Frances so rebelled, or that their small squabbles went so nearly the length of a quarrel.
Robin Redbreast | Mary Louisa MolesworthYou have shuddered at the frightful consequences which have resulted from the unreasonable squabbles of the clergy.
Letters To Eugenia | Paul Henri Thiry Holbach
British Dictionary definitions for squabble
/ (ˈskwɒbəl) /
(intr) to quarrel over a small matter
a petty quarrel
Origin of squabble
1Derived forms of squabble
- squabbler, noun
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