Definition of Squabble

Squab´ble   Pronunciation: skwǒb´b'l
v. i.1.To contend for superiority in an unseemly manner; to scuffle; to struggle; to wrangle; to quarrel.
[imp. & p. p. Squabbled (-b'ld); p. pr. & vb. n. Squabbling (-blĭng).]
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.
- I. Watts.
v. t.1.(Print.) 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.
n.1.A scuffle; a wrangle; a brawl.


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