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Showing words for PETTIFOG using the English dictionary

8 Letter Words for Pettifog

pettifog

6 Letter Words for Pettifog

egipto, tiptoe

5 Letter Words for Pettifog

fitte, foeti, fogie, petit, petti, petto, potti

4 Letter Words for Pettifog

epit, fett, figo, fitt, foge, geit, gift, gite, gote, peto, piet, poet, pote, poti, pott, tift, tige, tipe, tipt, tite, toft, toge, togt, toit, tope, topi, tote

3 Letter Words for Pettifog

eft, ego, eof, epi, fei, fet, fie, fig, fip, fit, foe, fog, fop, fot, ftp, geo, get, gie, gif, gio, git, goi, gop, got, gte, gtt, ife, iof, ipo, oft, oie, ope, opt, peg, pet, pfg, pie, pig, pit, poi, pot, pte, ptg, ptt, tef, teg, tet, tgt, tie, tig, tip, tit, toe, tog, toi, top, tot, tpi

Definitions for Pettifog

[1] to bicker or quibble over trifles or unimportant matters.
[2] to carry on a petty, shifty, or unethical law business.
[3] to practice chicanery of any sort.
[4] (intr) to be a pettifogger

Words related to Pettifog

niggle, bicker, wrangle, hassle, prevaricate, fence, avoid, flip-flop, spar, dispute, cavil, squabble, nitpick, carp, waffle, criticize, shift, pretend, evade, equivocate

Words nearby Pettifog

petticoat, petticoat breeches, petticoat insulator, petticoat narcissus, petticoated, pettifog, pettifogger, pettifogging, petting, petting zoo, pettipants

Origin of Pettifog

1605–15; back formation from pettifogger, equivalent to petty + fogger < Middle Low German voger or Middle Dutch voeger one who arranges things; akin to Old English gefōg a joining

Words that may be confused with Pettifog

ambulance, chaser, mouthpiece, pettifogger, shyster

Other words from Pettifog

pet·ti·fog·ger , noun
pet·ti·fog·ger·y , noun

Synonyms for Pettifog

altercate, argufy, avoid, bicker, carp, cavil, chicane, criticize, dispute, equivocate, evade, fence, flip-flop, hassle, niggle, nitpick, pretend, prevaricate, shift, spar, squabble, waffle, wrangle, argue over, blow hot and cold, catch at straws, have at it, hem and haw, hypercriticize, make a big thing about, nit-pick, paralogize, pick to pieces, put up an argument, set to, split hairs, talk back