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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.
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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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Bickering

Bick"er*ing\, n. 1. A skirmishing. "Frays and bickerings." --Milton.

2. Altercation; wrangling.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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