bicker
1to engage in petulant or peevish argument; wrangle: The two were always bickering.
Literary. to rush or make a rushing sound, as water: We first heard and then saw the stream bickering down the valley.
an angry, petty dispute or quarrel; altercation.
Origin of bicker
1Other words for bicker
Other words from bicker
- bick·er·er, noun
- un·bick·ered, adjective
Words Nearby bicker
Other definitions for bicker (2 of 2)
any wooden dish or bowl, especially a wooden porridge bowl.
Obsolete. a wooden drinking cup.
Origin of bicker
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How to use bicker in a sentence
All we think old people do is bicker about how different you are.
Despite their sizeable difference in age (he 53, she 25), the two playfully bicker like, well, a couple in an Allen film.
Emma Stone and Colin Firth on Woody Allen, Shrinkage, and Live-Texting ‘Bridget Jones’ | Marlow Stern | July 21, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThey bicker and backstab and yell—and there is quite a bit of yelling.
Why ‘It’s Always Sunny’ Is Funny: An Examination of Scenes, Stripped of Context | Caitlin Dickson | November 10, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTAnd it must get us to root for survivors who often bicker or self-sabotage when we just want them to move forward.
‘The Walking Dead’: Season 4 Premiere Reminds Us Why We Love This Show | Melissa Leon | October 14, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTThe purpose of a campaign, after all, is to bicker about economic conditions and government actions.
And, for want of better measure, he seized lustily a bicker that lay near him, and dashed a quantity of the liquor into it.
Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 17 | Alexander LeightonThey were cast in a quieter time and refuse to bicker on a paltry minute.
Hints to Pilgrims | Charles Stephen BrooksKirsty and Jenny, two country lassies, were supping their "parritch" from the same bicker in the harvest-field one morning.
Scotch Wit and Humor | W. H. (Walter Henry) HoweWe grow old and wrinkled and sick; we bicker with those we love; it grows harder to remember, easier to forget.
Hempfield | David GraysonThere is a homely saying in Wiltshire that married people are made to bicker and breed.
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British Dictionary definitions for bicker
/ (ˈbɪkə) /
to argue over petty matters; squabble
poetic
(esp of a stream) to run quickly
to flicker; glitter
a petty squabble
Origin of bicker
1Derived forms of bicker
- bickerer, noun
- bickering, noun, adjective
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