squabble

Signification (Anglais)

Noun

A minor fight or argument.

Verb

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

Concepts

bagarre

querelle

dispute

chamailler

lutter

lutte

chamaillerie

se chamailler

altercation

bagarrer

se bagarrer

guéguerre

riotte

brouille

engueulade

escarmouche

se battre

guêtre

se quereller

Synonymes

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

Traductions

battibecco

litigio

ruzie

bisticcio

scaramuccia

kabbeln

zuffa

litigare

disputa

discordia

bekvechten

καυγάς

lite

Zank

Streit

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/ˈskwɒbl/

Étymologie (Anglais)

Appartenant à suédois: -

Appartenant à norvégien: -

Appartenant à allemand: -

In summary

The noun form first appears c. 1602, while the verbal form first appears c. 1616. 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”).