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

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

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

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

But now Patricia confessed to a restless longing for the sight of city streets and the brabble of city noises.

From The Honorable Senator Sage-Brush by Lynde, Francis

Now, by the gods that warlike Goths adore, This pretty brabble will undo us all.—

From The Tragedy of Titus Andronicus by Shakespeare, William