bickering
arguing petulantly or peevishly; wrangling or quarreling: To raise their daughter properly, the bickering pair must set aside their differences and work on their parenting skills.
flickering: They deliberately hadn’t fixed the bickering light at the bistro, as it had become an iconic feature of the establishment.
Literary. rushing or making a rushing sound, as water: The two flutes accompanied by piano sounded like two chirping birds chasing each other above a bickering stream.
the act of engaging in petulant or peevish argument: Why all this useless bickering over who's best or better?
the act of flickering: If you’re bothered by the constant bickering of the malfunction light on your motorbike, do a thorough analysis of the wiring.
Literary. the act of rushing or of making a rushing sound, as water: Over the roar of the falls and the ceaseless bickering of the rain, he heard another sound.
Origin of bickering
1Other words from bickering
- un·bick·er·ing, adjective
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How to use bickering in a sentence
Joy Woodhouse calls in to tell her bickering boys Brad and Dallas to “get this out of your system” before Christmas.
Mom Scolds Pundit Sons on C-SPAN | Alex Chancey, The Daily Beast Video | December 16, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTSuch admiration for the American system sounds strange in this era of gridlock and bickering.
Chronic partisan bickering largely gave way to a rare moment of well-deserved self-congratulation.
The landings culminated years of debate, planning, construction, bickering, invention, training, deception of the enemy and more.
D-Day Historian Craig Symonds Talks About History’s Most Amazing Invasion | Marc Wortman | June 5, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTLeaders are constantly issuing contradictory orders and security commanders are bickering.
The bickering might have gone on the rest of the evening except that Barbara Sutton told them they were both being very foolish.
There was haggling and bickering until a price of sixty was agreed upon, and Mr. McCann's heart expanded with satisfaction.
Scattergood Baines | Clarence Budington KellandThere was nothing to distract him from the sordidness of the bickering household in George Street.
The Life of Mazzini | Bolton King"I saw you as I was coming away from Kendrick's last night," he began, with a bickering rasp in his voice.
The Wreckers | Francis LyndeEinstein was the only thinker in a century gone mad from bickering.
Hunters Out of Space | Joseph Everidge Kelleam
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