Stickle

[stikl]

Definition

(verb.) dispute or argue stubbornly (especially minor points).

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Definition

(v. i.) To separate combatants by intervening.

(v. i.) To contend, contest, or altercate, esp. in a pertinacious manner on insufficient grounds.

(v. i.) To play fast and loose; to pass from one side to the other; to trim.

(v. t.) To separate, as combatants; hence, to quiet, to appease, as disputants.

(v. t.) To intervene in; to stop, or put an end to, by intervening; hence, to arbitrate.

(v. t. & i.) A shallow rapid in a river; also, the current below a waterfall.

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Synonyms and Synonymous

v. n. [1]. Struggle (pertinaciously and on trifling grounds), contend, altercate.[2]. Hesitate, waver, doubt, scruple, stick, be puzzled.

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Definition

adj. high rapid.—n. a current below a waterfall.

v.i. to interpose between combatants: to contend obstinately: to hesitate.—n. a sharp point a prickle a spine.—ns. Stick′leback a small river-fish so called from the spines on its back; Stick′ler a second or umpire in a duel: an obstinate contender esp. for something trifling.—adj. Stick′ler-like (Shak.) in the manner of a stickler.

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