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   The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition.  2000.
 
squabble
 
SYLLABICATION:squab·ble
PRONUNCIATION:  skwbl
INTRANSITIVE VERB:Inflected forms: squab·bled, squab·bling, squab·bles
To engage in a disagreeable argument, usually over a trivial matter; wrangle. See synonyms at argue.
NOUN: A noisy quarrel, usually about a trivial matter.
ETYMOLOGY:Probably of Scandinavian origin.
OTHER FORMS:squabbler —NOUN
 
 
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