Squabble /(skwŏb"b'l)/

Squab·ble

Squabble

v. i.

imp. & p. p. Squabbled; p. pr. & vb. n. Squabbling

  1. To contend for superiority in an unseemly manner; to scuffle; to struggle; to wrangle; to quarrel.
  2. To debate peevishly; to dispute.
    The sense of these propositions is very plain, though logicians might squabble a whole day whether they should rank them under negative or affirmative.

Squabble

v. t.
  1. To disarrange, so that the letters or lines stand awry or are mixed and need careful readjustment; -- said of type that has been set up. (Print.)

Squabble

n.
  1. A scuffle; a wrangle; a brawl.