Usually means: Disagreeing noisily over petty matters.
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  1. squabbling: Merriam-Webster
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  5. squabbling: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
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  8. squabbling: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  9. Squabbling: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  10. Squabbling: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  11. squabbling: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
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Definitions from Wiktionary (squabbling)

▸ noun:  A petty argument or conflict.

Similar:
tiff, bicker, brabble, quibble, pettifog, niggle, fuss, spat, quarrelling, bangling, more...

Opposite:
cooperating, working together, being agreeable

Types:
bickering, quarreling, arguing, fighting, disagreeing, more...

Phrases:
petty squabbling, more...

Adjectives:
internal, petty, political, much, constant, internecine, partisan, factional, endless, public, incessant

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Similar:
tiff, bicker, brabble, quibble, pettifog, niggle, fuss, spat, quarrelling, bangling, more...

Opposite:
cooperating, working together, being agreeable

Types:
bickering, quarreling, arguing, fighting, disagreeing, more...

Phrases:
petty squabbling, more...

Adjectives:
internal, petty, political, much, constant, internecine, partisan, factional, endless, public, incessant



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