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squab⋅ble

  [skwob-uhl] verb, -bled, -bling, noun
–verb (used without object)
1. to engage in a petty quarrel.
–verb (used with object)
2. Printing. to disarrange and mix (composed type).
–noun
3. a petty quarrel.
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Origin:
1595–1605; prob. < Scand; cf. Sw dial. skvabbel a quarrel, gossip, Norw dial. skvabba to prattle

Related forms:
squabbler, noun
squab⋅bling⋅ly, adverb

Synonyms:
1. quarrel, wrangle, bicker, fight.
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squab·ble   (skwŏb'əl)   
intr.v.   squab·bled, squab·bling, squab·bles
To engage in a disagreeable argument, usually over a trivial matter; wrangle. See Synonyms at argue.
n.  A noisy quarrel, usually about a trivial matter.

[Probably of Scandinavian origin.]
squab'bler n.
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Word Origin & History

squabble  (n.)
1602, probably of imitative origin (cf. dialectal Swed. skvabbel "quarrel," dialectal Ger. schwabbeln "to babble, prattle"). The verb is recorded from 1604.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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