brabble

American

[brab-uhl] / ˈbræb əl /

verb (used without object)

brabbled, brabbling

to argue stubbornly about trifles; wrangle.

noun

noisy, quarrelsome chatter.

brabble British

/ ˈbræbəl /

verb

a rare word for squabble

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Etymology

Origin of brabble

First recorded in 1490–1500, from Dutch brabbelen “to quarrel, jabber”

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Brabble, brab′bl, v.i. to babble or clamour: to brawl or wrangle.—n.

From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 1 of 4: A-D) by Various

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