quibble

[Quib·ble]

A quibble is a small argument or fight. As a verb, it means to pick a mini fight over something that doesn't really matter. "Let's not quibble over price," people will say, usually when they plan to gouge you.

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A shift or turn from the point in question; a trifling or evasive distinction; an evasion; a cavil.

Noun
an evasion of the point of an argument by raising irrelevant distinctions or objections

Verb
argue over petty things; "Let''s not quibble over pennies"

Verb
evade the truth of a point or question by raising irrelevant objections

n.
A shift or turn from the point in question; a trifling or evasive distinction; an evasion; a cavil.

n.
A pun; a low conceit.

v. i.
To evade the point in question by artifice, play upon words, caviling, or by raising any insignificant or impertinent question or point; to trifle in argument or discourse; to equivocate.

v. i.
To pun; to practice punning.

Quibble

Quib"ble , n. [Probably fr. quib, quip, but influenced by quillet, or quiddity.] 1. A shift or turn from the point in question; a trifling or evasive distinction; an evasion; a cavil.

Quibbles have no place in the search after truth.

2. A pun; a low conceit.

Quibble

Quib"ble, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Quibbled ; p. pr. & vb. n. Quibbling .] 1. To evade the point in question by artifice, play upon words, caviling, or by raising any insignificant or impertinent question or point; to trifle in argument or discourse; to equivocate. 2. To pun; to practice punning. Cudworth. Syn. -- To cavil; shuffle; equivocate; trifle.

A shift or turn from the point in question; a trifling or evasive distinction; an evasion; a cavil.

To evade the point in question by artifice, play upon words, caviling, or by raising any insignificant or impertinent question or point; to trifle in argument or discourse; to equivocate.

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