quibble
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Danh từ
noun- 1.
An argument or objection based on an ambiguity of wording or similar trivial circumstance; a minor complaint.
He harped on his quibble about how the dark red paint should be described as carmine rather than burgundy.
Đồng nghĩa: argument, argy-bargy, altercation, contention, barney, bawl out, blue, bobbery, brawl, clash, conflict, controversy, debate, difference, ding-dong, disagreement, discordance, disharmony, disputation, dispute, dissonance, disunion, dustup, face-off, falling out, feud, fight, flite, hassle, issue, palaver, quarrel, quibble, row, spat, squabble, tangle, threap, tiff, wrangle
- 2.
(archaic)A pun.
Động từ
verb- 1.
(informal, intransitive)To complain or argue in a trivial or petty manner.
They are constantly quibbling over insignificant details.
- 2.
(informal, rare, transitive)To contest, especially some trivial issue in a petty manner.
The customer quibbled the bill.
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Origin. Possibly from quib + -le. Quib is probably from Latin quibus (in what respect? how?), which appeared frequently in legal documents and came to be suggestive of the verbosity and petty argumentation found therein; or perhaps an alteration of quip. Alternatively, perhaps related to dialectal kwebbelen. Compare also wheebele.