When people squabble, they quarrel about something that is not really important. Mother is devoted to Dad although they squabble all the time My four-year-old squabbles with his friends + squabbling squab·bling In recent months its government has been paralysed by political squabbling. Squabble is also a noun. There have been minor squabbles about phone bills. to argue about something unimportant = quarrel squabble over/about (Probably from a language)