Usually means: Argue over petty, trivial matters.
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  1. quibble: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. quibble: Merriam-Webster
  3. quibble: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. quibble: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  5. quibble: Collins English Dictionary
  6. quibble: Vocabulary.com
  7. Quibble, quibble: Wordnik
  8. quibble: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  9. quibble: Wiktionary
  10. quibble: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  11. quibble: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  12. quibble: Infoplease Dictionary
  13. Quibble, quibble: Dictionary.com
  14. quibble: Online Etymology Dictionary
  15. quibble: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  16. Quibble (plot device), Quibble: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  17. Quibble: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  18. quibble: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  19. quibble: Rhymezone
  20. quibble: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  21. quibble: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  22. Quibble: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable (1898)
  23. quibble: FreeDictionary.org
  24. quibble: Mnemonic Dictionary
  25. quibble: TheFreeDictionary.com

Business (3 matching dictionaries)
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  2. Bouvier's Law Dictionary 1856 Edition (No longer online)
  3. quibble: Legal dictionary

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. quibble: Encyclopedia

Medicine (1 matching dictionary)
  1. online medical dictionary (No longer online)

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)
  1. quibble: Idioms

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. quibble: Urban Dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (quibble)

▸ noun:  An argument or objection based on an ambiguity of wording or similar trivial circumstance; a minor complaint.
▸ noun:  (archaic) A pun.
▸ verb:  (informal, intransitive) To complain or argue in a trivial or petty manner.
▸ verb:  (informal, rare, transitive) To contest, especially some trivial issue in a petty manner.

Similar:
pettifog, niggle, squabble, brabble, bicker, quiddit, quiblet, quillet, quirk, snatch, more...

Opposite:
agree, accept, concede, approve

Types:
semantic, semantic quibble, quibbling, quibbler, quibbling quibbler, more...

Adjectives:
mere, legal, verbal, semantic, minor, only, logical, miserable, terminological, academic, poor

Colors:
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Similar:
pettifog, niggle, squabble, brabble, bicker, quiddit, quiblet, quillet, quirk, snatch, more...

Opposite:
agree, accept, concede, approve

Types:
semantic, semantic quibble, quibbling, quibbler, quibbling quibbler, more...

Adjectives:
mere, legal, verbal, semantic, minor, only, logical, miserable, terminological, academic, poor

Colors:
    dusty rose,     slate gray,     olive green,     burnt sienna,     mustard yellow, more...



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