bicker
bicker is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 6 senses. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.
Definitions
- 1.To skirmish; to exchange blows; to fight. [Obs.] Two eagles had a conflict, and bickered together. Holland.
- 2.To contend in petulant altercation; to wrangle. Petty things about which men cark and bicker. Barrow.
- 3.To move quickly and unsteadily, or with a pattering noise; to quiver; to be tremulous, like flame. They [streamlets] bickered through the sunny shade. Thomson.
- 4.A skirmish; an encounter. [Obs.]
- 5.A fight with stones between two parties of boys. [Scot.] Jamieson.
- 6.A wrangle; also, a noise,, as in angry contention.
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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- What is to skirmish; to exchange blows; to fight. [Obs.] Two eagles had a conflict, and bickered together. Holland called?
- What is to contend in petulant altercation; to wrangle. Petty things about which men cark and bicker. Barrow called?
- What is to move quickly and unsteadily, or with a pattering noise; to quiver; to be tremulous, like flame. They [streamlets] bickered through the sunny shade. Thomson called?
- What is a fight with stones between two parties of boys. [Scot.] Jamieson called?
- What is a wrangle; also, a noise,, as in angry contention called?
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- Definitions: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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