Associations to the word «Bickering»

Wiktionary

BICKER, verb. To quarrel in a tiresome, insulting manner.
BICKER, verb. To move tremulously, quiver, shimmer (of a water stream, of a flame)
BICKER, verb. To skirmish; to exchange blows; to fight.
BICKER, noun. A skirmish; an encounter.
BICKER, noun. (Scotland) (obsolete) A fight with stones between two parties of boys.
BICKER, noun. A wrangle; also, a noise, as in angry contention.
BICKER, noun. A small wooden vessel made of staves and hoops, like a tub.

Dictionary definition

BICKER, noun. A quarrel about petty points.
BICKER, verb. Argue over petty things; "Let's not quibble over pennies".

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats