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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