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Definitions for Quibbling

[1] characterized by or consisting of quibbles; carping; niggling: quibbling debates.
[2] the act of a person who quibbles.
[3] an instance of quibbling: a relationship marked by frequent quibblings.
[4] an instance of the use of ambiguous, prevaricating, or irrelevant language or arguments to evade a point at issue.
[5] the general use of such arguments.
[6] petty or carping criticism; a minor objection.
[7] to equivocate.
[8] to carp; cavil.
[9] to make trivial objections; prevaricate
[10] archaic to play on words; pun
[11] a trivial objection or equivocation, esp one used to avoid an issue
[12] archaic a pun

Words related to Quibbling

complaining, niggling, griping, fault-finding, hairsplitting, nit-picking, captious, elusive, evasive, sophistic, casuistic, prevaricative, sophistical

Words nearby Quibbling

qui nhon, qui nhong, qui transtulit sustinet, qui vive, quibble, quibbling, quibdó, quiberon, quiche, quiche lorraine, quichua

Origin of Quibbling

e1605–15; perhaps derivative (cf. -le) of quib gibe, apparently akin to quip

Other words from Quibbling

quib·bling·ly , adverb
un·quib·bling , adjective
quib·bler , noun
out·quib·ble , verb (used with object), out·quib·bled, out·quib·bling.

Word origin for Quibbling

eC17: probably from obsolete quib, perhaps from Latin quibus (from quī who, which), as used in legal documents, with reference to their obscure phraseology

Synonyms for Quibbling

complaining, griping, niggling, fault-finding, hairsplitting, nit-picking