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[syn: quibble, niggle, pettifog, bicker, squabble, brabble]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Brabble \Brab"ble\, v. i. [D. brabbelen to talk confusedly.
[root]95. Cf. Blab, Babble.]
To clamor; to contest noisily. [R.]
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Brabble \Brab"ble\, n.
A broil; a noisy contest; a wrangle.
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This petty brabble will undo us all. --Shak.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
brabble
v 1: argue over petty things; "Let's not quibble over pennies"
[syn: quibble, niggle, pettifog, bicker,
squabble, brabble]