brabble

[brab-uhl]

verb (used without object)

brabbled, brabbling 

1. to argue stubbornly about trifles; wrangle.

noun

1. noisy, quarrelsome chatter.

brabble

/ ˈbræbəl /

verb

1. a rare word for squabble

Other Word Forms

• brabblement noun
• brabbler noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of brabble¹

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of brabble¹

C16: from Middle Dutch brabbelen to jabber

Example Sentences

Women, for the most part, received this punishment for not controlling their “brabbling” tongues.

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Yon brabbling burn Makes mellower music in my Scottish ears.

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From the Spanish comes the proverb, “A great dowry is a bed full of brabbles.”

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Other whites take part in our brabbles, while temper holds out, with a certain schoolboy entertainment.

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Ralegh explained that a brabbling matter with the Spanish Ambassador was taking him to Tilbury to embark for the Low Countries.

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