bicker

bicker
I verb agitate, altercate, argue, argue to no purpose, bandy words, battle, be at loggerheads, be at variance, be discordant, brabble, brangle, brawl, cavil, clash, conflict, contend, contest, controvert, differ, disaccord, disagree, dispute, dissent, disunite, embroil, entangle, equivocate, fall foul of, fall out, fence, fight, have an altercation, have it out, have words, jar, join issue, nag, parry, pick a quarrel, pull different ways, quarrel, scrap, spar, spat, split hairs, squabble, take sides, tiff, tilt, wrangle associated concepts: bicker over the terms of an agreement, bicker over trivial provisions in a contract II index brawl, contend (dispute), dicker, differ (disagree), disaccord, disagree, dispute (debate), dissent (differ in opinion)

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  • Bicker — ist der Name von: Bicker (Familie), eine einflussreiche niederländische Adels und Patrizierfamilie Bicker ist der Familienname folgender Personen: Andries Bicker (1586–1652), niederländischer Bürgermeister und Regent von Amsterdam Björn Bicker (* …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Bicker — could refer to *Bicker, Lincolnshire *a practice in the eating clubs at Princeton University *Bicker (family), Dutch Golden Age family, headed by Andries Bicker …   Wikipedia

  • Bicker — Bick er, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Bickered}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Bickering}.] [OE. bikeren, perh. fr. Celtic; cf. W. bicra to fight, bicker, bicre conflict, skirmish; perh. akin to E. beak.] 1. To skirmish; to exchange blows; to fight. [Obs.] [1913… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Bicker — Bick er, n. 1. A skirmish; an encounter. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] 2. A fight with stones between two parties of boys. [Scot.] Jamieson. [1913 Webster] 3. A wrangle; also, a noise,, as in angry contention. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Bicker — Bick er, n. [See {Beaker}.] A small wooden vessel made of staves and hoops, like a tub. [Prov. Eng.] [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Bicker — Bicker, Andreas, Haupt der antioranischen Partei in Holland, zur Zeit des Prinzen Wilhelm II.; er wurde 1627 Rath des Prinzen Moritz u. 1629 Bürgermeister von Amsterdam, wo er zur Milderung des Edicts gegen die Remonstranten von 1618 viel beitrug …   Pierer's Universal-Lexikon

  • bicker — squabble, spat, tiff, quarrel, wrangle, altercate (see under QUARREL n) Analogous words: *contend, fight, battle, war …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

  • bicker — [v] nastily argue altercate, brawl, caterwaul, cause a scene*, cavil, dig, disagree, dispute, fall out, fight, hassle, pick at, quarrel, quibble, row, scrap, scrape, spar, spat, squabble, tiff, trade zingers*, wrangle; concept 46 Ant. agree,… …   New thesaurus

  • bicker — ► VERB ▪ argue about trivial matters. ORIGIN of unknown origin …   English terms dictionary

  • bicker — [bik′ər] vi. [ME bikeren, ? akin to Fris bikkern, hack, gnaw] 1. to have a petty quarrel; squabble 2. to move with quick, rippling noises [a bickering brook] 3. to flicker, twinkle, etc. n. 1. a petty quarrel 2. a rippli …   English World dictionary

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