Word Finder - bickering

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To quarrel in a tiresome, insulting manner.

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They bickered about dinner every evening.

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To brawl or move tremulously, quiver, shimmer (of a water stream, light, flame, etc.)

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(of rain) To patter.

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To skirmish; to exchange blows; to fight.

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Petty quarreling. Usually considered a childish behaviour, although often applied to adults.

Maybe he meant he was sick of all the bickering with his family.

There was also constant bickering on the borders of Guienne.

I was annoyed at the bickering that followed as it was counterproductive to any chance of long time success.

The WWW news was either negative or tardy because each took turns bickering at the other until Dean was ready to toss the entire family.

I said then that it was not in order, voices were heard bickering with one another.

A number of Bird Song's more recent guests were bickering over differing rules to Mexican Train Dominoes in the dining room while others were trading Boardwalk and Park Place in the parlor.

Finally in 1985 after years of bickering and litigation, the wineries came to an amicable solution by moving the apostrophe.

Family conflict during this stage is more likely to take the form of bickering over day-to-day issues than outright fighting.

The two end up bickering over their assigned roles in the organization -- and Ricki's sexuality.

Cameras also catch her assistants constantly bickering with each other and her husband - who is also a partner in her business - Rodger Berman.

With all of the bickering and media stunts being pulled by both sides in the Gosselin story, headlines screaming "TLC Fires Jon Gosselin" were hardly surprising.

The real drama, however, is with the staff of the salon, with their cliques, competition, bickering and conflicts.

The ponies are still bickering over night and Jack has a kick on his hind leg, but nothing too serious.

Thou need na start awa sae hasty, wi bickering brattle!

The Flavor of Love has given us some of television's biggest cat fights (Pumpkin and New York, anyone??), but Like Dat seemed to rise above all the petty bickering.

The bickering began when Cattrall was reportedly miffed about how much Parker was being paid compared to how much she was being paid.

Are people being respectful of each other, or are they bickering endlessly and slinging insults?

They are constantly bickering and disagreeing even about what to name the baby.

Forget bickering over whether they're a fruit or vegetable.

She is also famous for her constant bickering with Simon Cowell on the show over his own highly critical approach to judging.

Keeping young ones focused on activities will prevent bickering or homesickness, although, both may still happen regardless.

Members of the group were prone to bickering, however, and this affected their relationship with Diddy.

What remains to be seen is what effect all this public bickering will have on their eight young children.

Dean, who'd been on the force for their entire tenure, was used to their early morning bickering and paid no attention.

A discussion with my cohorts was in order but screw it; I had no stomach for a lengthy discussion tainted with bickering.