quibbling

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Englisch - Englisch
{s} tending to complain, carping, nitpicking; that quibbles over unimportant details; pettifogging
quibbling over insignificant details; "caviling pettifoggers and quiggling pleaders"-Edmund Burke; "her nagging and carping attack"; "thought her editor unnecessarily nitpicking"; "a pettifogging lawyer's mind"; "had no patience with quibbling critics"
present participle of quibble
{i} act of a one who quibbles; occurrence of quibbling
quibble
To complain or argue in a trivial or petty manner

They are constantly quibbling over insignificant details.

quibble
an utterly trivial distinction or objection
quibble
{n} an evasion, a pun
quibble
{v} to equivocate, to pun
quibble
an evasion of the point of an argument by raising irrelevant distinctions or objections argue over petty things; "Let's not quibble over pennies" evade the truth of a point or question by raising irrelevant objections
quibble
an evasion of the point of an argument by raising irrelevant distinctions or objections
quibble
{i} act of evading a discussion or argument by using ambiguous speech; equivocal statement, ambiguous comment; petty criticism
quibble
A quibble is a small and unimportant complaint about something. These are minor quibbles. to argue about small unimportant details quibble about/over. a small complaint or criticism about something unimportant
quibble
A trivial or minor complaint, objection or argument
quibble
an evasion of the point of an argument by raising irrelevant distinctions or objections argue over petty things; "Let's not quibble over pennies"
quibble
When people quibble over a small matter, they argue about it even though it is not important. Council members spent the day quibbling over the final wording of the resolution
quibble
argue over petty things; "Let's not quibble over pennies"
quibble
A pun; a low conceit
quibble
{f} use ambiguous language to evade a discussion or argument; make an equivocal comment; make petty criticisms
quibble
To pun; to practice punning
quibble
evade the truth of a point or question by raising irrelevant objections
quibble
A shift or turn from the point in question; a trifling or evasive distinction; an evasion; a cavil
quibble
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
Türkisch - Englisch

Definition von quibbling im Türkisch Englisch wörterbuch

hık mık quibbling, quibbles, trifling objections; dragging
one's feet: Hık mık yok! Anladın mı No quibbling! Understand?
quibbling
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