Associations to the word «Quibble»

Wiktionary

QUIBBLE, noun. A trivial or minor complaint, objection or argument.
QUIBBLE, noun. A shift or turn from the point in question; a trifling or evasive distinction; a cavil.
QUIBBLE, noun. (obsolete) A pun.
QUIBBLE, verb. (intransitive) To complain or argue in a trivial or petty manner.

Dictionary definition

QUIBBLE, noun. An evasion of the point of an argument by raising irrelevant distinctions or objections.
QUIBBLE, verb. Evade the truth of a point or question by raising irrelevant objections.
QUIBBLE, verb. Argue over petty things; "Let's not quibble over pennies".

Wise words

Life has no meaning unless one lives it with a will, at least to the limit of one's will. Virtue, good, evil are nothing but words, unless one takes them apart in order to build something with them; they do not win their true meaning until one knows how to apply them.
Paul Gauguin