brabble

American  

[brab-uhl] / ˈbræb əl /

verb (used without object)

brabbled, brabbling

1. to argue stubbornly about trifles; wrangle.

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noun

1. noisy, quarrelsome chatter.

brabble British  

/ ˈbræbəl /

verb

1. a rare word for squabble

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Other Word Forms

• brabblement noun
• brabbler noun

Etymology

Origin of brabble

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

Example Sentences

Melantius, thou art welcome, and my love Is with thee still; but this is not a place To brabble in; Calianax, joyn hands.

From The Maids Tragedy by Fletcher, John

Now by the Gods that warlike Gothes adore, This pretty brabble will vndoo vs all: Why Lords, and thinke you not how dangerous It is to set vpon a Princes right?

From Titus Andronicus by Shakespeare, William

Oh, as to that, never!—Then this marriage also comes to nothing Of the English, and their Double-Marriage, and their Hotham brabble, he spoke lightly, as of an extinct matter,—in terms your Excellency will like.

From History of Friedrich II of Prussia — Volume 08 by Carlyle, Thomas

I still can hear the brabble and the roar At those thy tunes, O still one, now passed through That fitful fire of tongues then entered new!

From Satires of Circumstance, lyrics and reveries with miscellaneous pieces by Hardy, Thomas

I like such a knave so can tickle them all, To set noblemen at brabble and brawl.

From A Select Collection of Old English Plays, Volume 6 by Hazlitt, William Carew