brabble

[brab-uhl]

brab·ble

[brab-uhl] verb, brab·bled, brab·bling, noun Obsolete
verb (used without object)
1.
to argue stubbornly about trifles; wrangle.
noun
2.
noisy, quarrelsome chatter.

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Brabble is one of our favorite verbs.
So is yaff. Does it mean:
to run away hurriedly; flee.
to bark; yelp.

Origin:
1490–1500; < Dutch brabbelen to quarrel, jabber

brab·ble·ment, noun
brab·bler, noun
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brabble (ˈbræbəl)
 
vb, —n
a rare word for squabble
 
[C16: from Middle Dutch brabbelen to jabber]
 
'brabbler
 
n

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