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Webster's Dictionary (1865)

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Squabble

Squab'ble, v. i.

verbintransitive

(skwŏb'bl), v. i. [imp. & p. p. SQUAB-BLED; p. pr. & vb. n. SQUABBLING.] [Allied to L. Ger. kabbeln, Sw. käbbla, to quarrel.]

  1. To contend for superiority; to scuffle; to struggle; to wrangle; to quarrel.
  2. To debate peevishly; to dispute.

The sense of these propositions is very plain, though logicians might squabble a whole day whether they should rank themselves under negative or affirmative. Watts. Syn.—To dispute; contend; scuffle; wrangle; quarrel; struggle.

Squab'ble, v. t.

verbtransitive

v. t. (Print.) To put awry; to disarrange or mix, so that the letters of one line get into any of the adjacent lines;—said of lines or a page or form of type. Stower. Savage.

Squab'ble, n.

noun

(skwŏb'bl), n. A scuffle; a wrangle; a brawl; a petty quarrel.