bickering
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3.9
- noun
- /ˈbɪkərɪŋ/
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discusión
- The constant bickering between the kids over trivial things was exhausting for their parents.
- petty bickering
- end the bickering
- internal bickering
Stop the finger pointing, the bickering, the tantrums, the fighting.
- Stop the finger pointing, the bickering, the tantrums, the fighting.
- People are more interested in in bickering with each other than solving problems.
- Oh, I mean, like, like the worst kind of bickering a brother and sister could do.
- I tried to ignore the noise of the world the the bickering of the moment.
- And we've got our leadership's just got to stop the bickering and and I don't care anymore.
- And and it's not even just fight in the sense of like bickering online or going back and forth on the phone.
- Everybody recognizes they're very important, but they haven't yet been polluted by the partisan bickering.
- He means in the political bickering, all that kind of stuff, that for a lot of people he represents science.
- Yes, we must set aside partisan bickering over who fired up the white nationalists in our country and come together as one to sing.
- There was a lot of rather I'll tempered bickering between these.
- Yeah, really non trivial, boring bickering.
Examples
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Let's put an end to all this bickering.
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People are more interested in in bickering with each other than solving problems.
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Oh, I mean, like, like the worst kind of bickering a brother and sister could do.
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- It's that bickering that the audience loves.
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I remember that there was some bickering, but it passed.
Academic text (2000) -
I need a break from you two and all your damn bickering.
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- No bickering under my roof, OK?
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Gentlemen, please stop this bickering!
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No bickering, please.
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TRENT: Gentlemen, enough bickering.
Synonyms
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2.3
A disagreement between people that is often angry
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4.2
A noisy argument about something unimportant
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5.6
A small argument between friends or partners that ends quickly
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2.4
A time when people strongly disagree and speak loudly
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3.0
A small disagreement about something unimportant
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9.9
Loud, silly talk that has no useful meaning
Arguing about small unimportant details to avoid making a decision
Arguing about small unimportant details that wastes time and annoys people
A very angry, petty argument with personal insults
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Etymology
Bickering comes from the old verb bicker, which once meant 'to splash' or 'move quickly', so you can picture many little splashes hitting each other. That's why bickering means small, petty arguments that keep happening.