bicker as a noun: - 1
as a verb: - 1
bicker
noun
1 bicker
verb
1 bicker
Argue over petty things.
synonyms: brabble, niggle, pettifog, quibble, squabble.
Roget 713:
be discordant
etc.
adj.;
disagree,
come amiss
etc.
24;
clash,
jar,
jostle,
pull different ways,
conflict,
have no measures with,
misunderstand one another;
live like cat and dog;
differ;
dissent
etc.
489;
have a bone to pick,
have a crow to pluck with.
fall out,
quarrel,
dispute;
litigate;
controvert
etc.
(deny)
536;
squabble,
wrangle,
jangle,
brangle†,
bicker,
nag;
spar
etc.
(contend)
720;
have words
etc.
n..
with;
fall foul of.
split;
break with,
break squares with,
part company with;
declare war,
try conclusions;
join issue,
put in issue;
pick a quarrel,
fasten a quarrel on;
sow dissension,
stir up dissension
etc.
n.;
embroil,
entangle,
disunite,
widen the breach;
set at odds,
set together by the ears;
set against,
pit against.
get into hot water,
fish in troubled waters,
brawl;
kick up a row,
kick up a dust;
turn the house out of window.
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Roget 315:
be agitated
&c.;
shake;
tremble,
tremble like an aspen leaf;
quiver,
quaver,
quake,
shiver,
twitter,
twire†,
writhe,
toss,
shuffle,
tumble,
stagger,
bob,
reel,
sway,
wag,
waggle;
wriggle,
wriggle like an eel;
dance,
stumble,
shamble,
flounder,
totter,
flounce,
flop,
curvet,
prance,
cavort [U.S.];
squirm.
throb,
pulsate,
beat,
palpitate,
go pitapat;
flutter,
flitter,
flicker,
bicker;
bustle.
ferment,
effervesce,
foam;
boil,
boil over;
bubble up;
simmer.
toss about,
jump about;
jump like a parched pea;
shake like an aspen leaf;
shake to its center,
shake to its foundations;
be the sport of the winds and waves;
reel to and fro like a drunken man;
move from post to pillar and from pillar to move from post to pillar and from pillar to post,
drive from post to pillar and from pillar to drive from post to pillar and from pillar to post,
keep between hawk and buzzard.
agitate,
shake,
convulse,
toss,
tumble,
bandy,
wield,
brandish,
flap,
flourish,
whisk,
jerk,
hitch,
jolt;
jog,
joggle,
jostle,
buffet,
hustle,
disturb,
stir,
shake up,
churn,
jounce,
wallop,
whip,
vellicate†.
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Dutch: harrewarren, rusiemaken, kibelen, twisten
Moby thesaurus: altercate, argue, argufy, around the bush, bandy words, battle, beat, beat about, beg the question, bicker over, boggle, brawl, broil, caterwaul, cavil, choplogic, clack, clatter, clitter, contend, contend about, contest, cross swords, cut and thrust, dance, differ, discept, dispute, dodge, equivocate, evade, evade the issue, fall out, fence, feud, fight, fight over, flap, flick, flicker, flip, flit, flite, flitter, flop, flutter, give and take, go pitapat, gutter, hassle, have it out, have words, hedge, join issue, lock horns, logomachize, moot, mystify, nitpick, obscure, palpitate, palter, parry, pettifog, pick nits, pitter-patter, play, plead, polemicize, polemize, prevaricate, pulse, pussyfoot, quarrel, quarrel over, quibble, quiver, row, scrap, set to, shatter, shift, shuffle, shy, sidestep, slat, spar, spat, split hairs, splutter, sputter, squabble, squabble over, take issue with, take sides, tergiversate, thrash out, throb, tiff, try conclusions, war, wave, waver, wrangle, wrangle over ... show more.
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