Bicker
['bɪkə] or ['bɪkɚ]
Definition
(n.) A small wooden vessel made of staves and hoops, like a tub.
(v. i.) To skirmish; to exchange blows; to fight.
(v. i.) To contend in petulant altercation; to wrangle.
(v. i.) To move quickly and unsteadily, or with a pattering noise; to quiver; to be tremulous, like flame.
(n.) A skirmish; an encounter.
(n.) A fight with stones between two parties of boys.
(n.) A wrangle; also, a noise,, as in angry contention.
Editor: Lorna
Synonyms and Synonymous
v. n. [1]. Wrangle, dispute, quarrel, spar, spat, jangle, squabble, TIFF, have words, have an altercation.[2]. Quiver, be tremulous.
Typed by Kate
Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Wrangle, quarrel, jar, dispute, contend
ANT:Chat, gossip, converse, agree
Edited by Jason
Definition
n. a bowl for holding liquor esp. of wood: a vessel made of wooden staves for holding porridge.
v.i. to contend in a petty way: to quiver: to move quickly and tremulously as running water.—n. a fight a quarrel: a clattering noise: a short run.—n. Bick′erment (Spens.) bickering strife.
Edited by Jimmy
Examples
- It was inevitable that Mecca and Medina should be in a state of rivalry and bickering feud. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- She sat upon the ground absorbed in wordless despair, when through the gusty wind and bickering rain she thought she heard her name called. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- Such warfare as had gone on between Christianity and Islam had been rather border-bickering than sustained war. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- There's no quarrelling, bickering, slandthering, nor small talk amongst us. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- The splendid opening of the story of Islam collapses suddenly into this squalid dispute and bickering of heirs and widows. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
Editor: Rosanne