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squabble

verb
🔊/ˈskwɒbl/
🔊/ˈskwɑːbl/
 [intransitive]
Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they squabble
🔊/ˈskwɒbl/
🔊/ˈskwɑːbl/
he / she / it squabbles
🔊/ˈskwɒblz/
🔊/ˈskwɑːblz/
past simple squabbled
🔊/ˈskwɒbld/
🔊/ˈskwɑːbld/
past participle squabbled
🔊/ˈskwɒbld/
🔊/ˈskwɑːbld/
-ing form squabbling
🔊/ˈskwɒblɪŋ/
🔊/ˈskwɑːblɪŋ/
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  1. squabble (with somebody) (about/over something) to argue noisily about something that is not very important（为小事）争吵，发生口角 synonym bicker
    • My sisters were squabbling over what to watch on TV.我的姐妹正为看哪个电视节目争吵。🔊🔊
    Topics Opinion and argumentc2
    Word Originearly 17th cent.: probably imitative; compare with Swedish dialect skvabbel ‘a dispute’.

squabble

noun
🔊/ˈskwɒbl/
🔊/ˈskwɑːbl/
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  1. a noisy argument about something that is not very important（为小事）争吵，发生口角
    • family squabbles家庭内部的争吵
    • The party is split by internal squabbles.该党被内部争执所分裂。
    • squabble (with somebody) (about/over something) There were endless squabbles over who should sit where.为谁该坐哪儿吵个没完没了。🔊🔊
    Topics Opinion and argumentc2