squabble

Betekenis (Engels)

Noun

A minor fight or argument.

Verb

1. To participate in a minor fight or argument; to quarrel.
2. To disarrange, so that the letters or lines stand awry and require readjustment.

Sinonieme

quarrel

wrangle

bicker

dispute

argue

fight

row

conflict

bickering

scuffle

brawl

argument

spat

brabble

clash

skirmish

altercation

contention

fuss

tiff

scrap

debate

quibble

pettifog

niggle

fray

controversy

altercate

jangle

scene

scrimmage

spar

have a fight

pettifoggery

have a row

higgle

high words

loud quarrel

jar

🫙

litigate

melee

disturbance

disputation

discord

quarreling

disagreement

agitation

ruckus

ruction

run-in

nit-pick

scramble

commotion

dipute

combat

set-to

shouting

bust up

bandy

broil

squab

stir

strife

struggle

breeze

tumult

war

battle

wrangler

brannigan

feud

fall out

fighting

fracas

encounter

dogfight

haggle

Uitgespreek as (IPA)

/ˈskwɒbl/

Etimologie (Engels)

1600s, probably of North Germanic origin and ultimately imitative.
Related to Swedish dialectal skvabbel (“a dispute, quarrel, gossip”), Norwegian dialectal skvabba (“to prattle”), German dialectal schwabbeln (“to babble, prattle”), Swedish dialectal skvappa (“to chide, scold”, literally “make a splash”).