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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.
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Bickered
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Origin:
1250–1300; Middle English bikeren < ?
1250–1300; Middle English bikeren < ?
Related forms
bick·er·er, noun
un·bick·ered, adjective
un·bick·er·ing, adjective
Synonyms
1. disagree, squabble, argue, quarrel, haggle, dispute, spar, spat.
1. disagree, squabble, argue, quarrel, haggle, dispute, spar, spat.
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Word Origin & History
bicker
early 14c., bikere, "to skirmish, fight," perhaps from M.Du. bicken "to slash, stab, attack," + -er, M.E. frequentative suffix. Meaning "to quarrel" is from mid-15c. As a noun, bicker is recorded from c.1300; often used to describe the sound of a flight of a missile, in which sense it is perhaps at least
EXPANDpartly echoic.
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