Bicker

v. i. [imp. & p. p. BICKERED; p. pr. & vb. n. BICKERING.] [Scot. bicker, byker, W. bicra, to fight, bicker, bĭrre, conflict, skirmish.] 1. To skirmish; to fight off and on; to make repeated attacks. [Obs.] Two eagles had a conflict, and bickered together. Holland. 2. Especially, to quarrel; to contend in words; to scold; to contend in petulant altercation. Those petty things about which men cark and bicker. Barrow. 3. To move quickly; to quiver; to be tremulous, like flame or water. Meantime unnumbered glittering streamlets played, That, as they bickered through the sunny shade, Though restless still themselves, a lulling murmur made. Thomson.