Definitions for squabble
ˈskwɒb əlsquab·ble

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. bicker, bickering, spat, tiff, squabble, pettifoggery, fussverb

   a quarrel about petty points

2. quibble, niggle, pettifog, bicker, squabble, brabbleverb

   argue over petty things

   "Let's not quibble over pennies"

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. squabblenoun

   A minor fight or argument as between children, for example.

2. squabbleverb

   To participate in a minor fight or argument.

   The brothers were always squabbling with each other.

3. Etymology: Probably of origin, related to dialectal skvabbel, dialectal skvabba, dialectal schwabbeln, dialectal skvappa.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Squabblenoun

   A low brawl; a petty quarrel.

   Etymology: from the verb.

   In popular factions, pragmatick fools commonly begin the squabble, and crafty knaves reap the benefit. Roger L'Estrange.

   A man whose personal courage is suspected, is not to drive squadrons before him; but may be allowed the merit of some squabble, or throwing a bottle at his neighbour’s head. Arbuth.

2. To SQUABBLEverb

   To quarrel; to debate peevishly; to wrangle; to fight. A low word.

   Etymology: kiabla, Swedish.

   Drunk? and speak parrot? and squabble? swagger? oh, thou invincible spirit of wine! William Shakespeare, Othello.

   I thought it not improper in a squabbling and contentious age, to detect the vanity of confiding ignorance. Joseph Glanvill.

   If there must be disputes, is not squabbling less inconvenient than murder? Jeremy Collier, on Duelling.

   The sense of these propositions is very plain, though logicians might squabble a whole day, whether they should rank them under negative or affirmative. Isaac Watts, Logick.

ChatGPTRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. squabble

   A squabble is a noisy argument or disagreement, typically over an unimportant issue, between individuals or groups.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Squabbleverb

   to contend for superiority in an unseemly maner; to scuffle; to struggle; to wrangle; to quarrel

2. Squabbleverb

   to debate peevishly; to dispute

3. Squabbleverb

   to disarrange, so that the letters or lines stand awry or are mixed and need careful readjustment; -- said of type that has been set up

4. Squabblenoun

   a scuffle; a wrangle; a brawl

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Squabble

   skwob′l, v.i. to dispute in a noisy manner: to wrangle.—n. a noisy, petty quarrel: a brawl.—n. Squabb′ler. [Scand., Sw. dial. skvabbel, a dispute.]

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How to pronounce squabble?

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of squabble in Chaldean Numerology is: 5

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of squabble in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7

Examples of squabble in a Sentence

1. Eric Tanenblatt:

   When you're a secretary of state in a state and all of the sudden you become a nationally known figure in a squabble with the President of the United States, that doesn't put you in a positive light.

2. Winston Churchill:

   The eagle has ceased to scream, but the parrots will now begin to chatter. The war of the giants is over and the pigmies will now start to squabble.

3. Jacob Wallenberg:

   It sort of boils down to that we are not personally owners of this. We can not run into the squabble part, I have to go to a job and earn Jacob Wallenberg living, like everyone else.

4. Marie Waldron:

   Californians in fire areas have lost everything, they should not be victimized again because of a political squabble.

5. Jeffrey McCall:

   The establishment media seems unwilling to investigate the story from the standpoint of international relations, but finds it easier to look at gas lines and gas prices, while it is true that there are other news items taking space in the news agenda, this cyberattack has many high impact implications that are missing from the reporting thus far. The media seem more interested in the GOP squabble over Liz Cheney, for example, than this more impactful cyberattack story.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=squabble
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Squabble
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=squabble
4. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
5. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/squabble
6. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=squabble
7. ^ Usage in printed sources
   https://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?content=squabble