Pettifog

Definition of Pettifog

Pet´ti`fog
v. i.1.To do a petty business as a lawyer; also, to do law business in a petty or tricky way.
[imp. & p. p. Pettifogged ; p. pr. & vb. n. Pettifogging .]
v. t.1.To advocate like a pettifogger; to argue trickily; as, to pettifog a claim.

Related Words

argue, argufy, bandy words, bicker, carp, catch at straws, cavil, choplogic, contend, contest, cross swords, cut and thrust, cut up, discept, dispute, fault-find, find fault, give and take, hassle, have it out, join issue, lock horns, logomachize, moot, nitpick, pick holes, pick to pieces, plead, polemicize, polemize, pull apart, pull to pieces, quibble, spar, take exception, take sides, tear apart, tear to pieces, thrash out, try conclusions, wrangle
Word:

Browse

Petroleum spirit
Petroleur
Petroline
Petrologic
Petrologically
Petrologist
Petrology
Petromastoid
Petromyzont
Petronel
Petrosal
Petrosal bone
Petrosilex
Petrosilicious
Petrostearine
Petrous
Pettichaps
Petticoat
Petticoat government
Petticoat pipe
-Pettifog-
Pettifogger
Pettifoggery
Pettifogging
Pettifogulize
Pettily
Pettiness
Pettish
Pettitoes
Petto
Petty
Petty averages
Petty cash
Petty constable
Petty morel
Petty mullein
Petty officer
Pettychaps
Pettywhin
Petulance
Petulant
# A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

© 2014 Webster-dictionary.net | Dictionary Home | Privacy Policy