Squabble

Definitions

A minor fight or argument.

Equivalents

Examples

“The children got into a squabble about who should ride⟳ in the front of the car.”

“It was obvious to the inhabitants of the small coastal town of Bridport that in the midst of these squabbles their need⟳ for a railway was going to be overlooked, and they decided to take⟳ the matter⟳ into their own⟳ hands.”

“"p your mess. Also, as apologetic as you were for occupying my time, which I had hoped to spend⟳ with my daughter, you used about twice as many words as you needed to, and wasted an entire paragraph complaining about your colleagues. I went back to the SCP-079 file⟳ — Supervisor Valis would have⟳ had the thing decommissioned years ago if it weren't for your blatant technofetishism. Yet, you have⟳ the gall to characterize the Foundation's ongoing political interventions and military operations as squabbles."”

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