niggle

noun · verbA2

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Danh từ

noun

Plural noun:

niggles

1.
A minor complaint or problem.
Đồng nghĩa: quibble, split hairs, cavil
2.
(obsolete)Small, cramped handwriting.

Động từ

verb

V_es/s

niggles

V_ing/Gerund

niggling

V_ed/pp

niggled

1.
(obsolete, transitive)To trifle with; to deceive; to mock.
2.
(transitive)To use, spend, or do in a petty or trifling manner.
3.
(intransitive)To dwell too much on minor points or on trifling details.
Đồng nghĩa: nitpick, split hairs, cavil
4.
(UK, intransitive)(intransitive, chiefly UK) To fidget, fiddle, be restless.
5.
(UK, archaic, dialectal, intransitive)(intransitive, UK, dialect, archaic) To walk with short steps.

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Đồng nghĩa

quibblesplit hairscavil nitpick

Cùng gốc / liên quan

nigglesomeniggler niggly

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Nguồn gốc từ

First attested in 1599. Origin, but likely borrowed from dialectal nigla (to be stingy, to busy oneself with trifles), ultimately from Old Norse hnøggr (stingy; miserly), related to hnēaw. More at niggard.