quibbled

Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

Quibble \Quib"ble\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Quibbled; p. pr. & vb. n. Quibbling.]

1.To evade the point in question by artifice, play upon words, caviling, or by raising any insignificant or impertinent question or point; to trifle in argument or discourse; to equivocate. [1913 Webster]

2.To pun; to practice punning. --Cudworth. [1913 Webster]

Syn: To cavil; shuffle; equivocate; trifle. [1913 Webster]