Bickering

Bickering
Bicker Bick"er, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Bickered}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Bickering}.] [OE. bikeren, perh. fr. Celtic; cf. W. bicra to fight, bicker, bicre conflict, skirmish; perh. akin to E. beak.] 1. To skirmish; to exchange blows; to fight. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]

Two eagles had a conflict, and bickered together. --Holland. [1913 Webster]

2. To contend in petulant altercation; to wrangle. [1913 Webster]

Petty things about which men cark and bicker. --Barrow. [1913 Webster]

3. To move quickly and unsteadily, or with a pattering noise; to quiver; to be tremulous, like flame. [1913 Webster]

They [streamlets] bickered through the sunny shade. --Thomson. [1913 Webster]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.

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  • Bickering — Bick er*ing, n. 1. A skirmishing. Frays and bickerings. Milton. [1913 Webster] 2. Altercation; wrangling. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • bickering — index altercation, argument (contention), contest (dispute), discord, dispute, dissension, dissidence …   Law dictionary

  • bickering — (n.) c.1300, a skirmish, from BICKER (Cf. bicker) (v.). Meaning a verbal wrangle is from 1570s. As a prp. adjective, attested from 1808 in the sense of contentious; earlier it was used to mean flashing, quivering (1660s) …   Etymology dictionary

  • bickering — spat, tiff, squabble, *quarrel, wrangle, altercation Analogous words: *discord, contention, dissension, strife, conflict …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

  • bickering — n. constant, incessant bickering * * * incessant bickering constant …   Combinatory dictionary

  • bickering —   Kū ē ē, ho opa apa a.    ♦ Bickering relationship, pili hukihuki …   English-Hawaiian dictionary

  • bickering — noun Petty quarreling. Usually considered a childish behaviour, although often applied to adults. Meeting of Parliament. Choice of a whig Speaker. Speech from the throne. Parliamentary proceedings, and party bickerings …   Wiktionary

  • bickering — Synonyms and related words: Kilkenny cats, aflicker, aggressive, aggressiveness, altercation, apologetics, apologia, apology, argument, argumentation, bellicose, bellicosity, belligerence, belligerent, bicker, blinking, boggling, captious,… …   Moby Thesaurus

  • bickering — bick·er·ing || bkÉ™rɪŋ n. quarreling, squabbling, disputing, arguing bick·er || bɪkÉ™ v. quarrel, squabble, dispute, argue …   English contemporary dictionary

  • bickering — n. Dispute, quarrel, wrangle, wrangling, jangle, jarring, jangling, sparring, altercation, dissension, contention, strife, war of words …   New dictionary of synonyms

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