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bick⋅er

1  [bik-er]
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–verb (used without object)
1. to engage in petulant or peevish argument; wrangle: The two were always bickering.
2. to run rapidly; move quickly; rush; hurry: a stream bickering down the valley.
3. to flicker; glitter: The sun bickered through the trees.
–noun
4. an angry, petty dispute or quarrel; contention.
Origin:
1250–1300; ME bikeren < ?

Related forms:
bick⋅er⋅er, noun

Synonyms:
1. disagree, squabble, argue, quarrel, haggle, dispute, spar, spat.

bick⋅er

2  [bik-er]
–noun Scot.
1. any wooden dish or bowl, esp. a wooden porridge bowl.
2. Obsolete. a wooden drinking cup.
Origin:
1300–50; ME biker beaker
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bick·er   (bĭk'ər)   
intr.v.   bick·ered, bick·er·ing, bick·ers

  1. To engage in a petty, bad-tempered quarrel; squabble. See Synonyms at argue.

  2. To flicker; quiver: "and bicker like a flame" (Robert Browning).

n.  A petty quarrel; a squabble.

[Middle English bikeren, to attack.]
bick'er·er n.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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Word Origin & History

bicker 
1297, "a skirmish, fight," bikern, probably from M.Du. bicken "to slash, stab, attack," + -er, M.E. frequentative suffix. Meaning "quarrel" is from 1330.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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