bicker
verb (used without object)
to engage in petulant or peevish argument; wrangle.
have bickered
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present perfectof bicker.present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick and Peter Navarro, the president’s trade counsellor, have bickered acridly, as the former sought to persuade the president on the merits of tariff exemptions.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 26, 2026
Unions, which in the past have bickered, have maintained a rare united front since January.
From Washington Times ● Apr. 5, 2023
Blacks and Jews have bickered over many issues in the past half century.
From Salon ● Jan. 18, 2021
Incompatible by class, education and temperament, the partners have bickered over everything from the strident politics of Pascoe’s feminist wife to the interpretation of an Emily Dickinson poem found at a crime scene.
From New York Times ● Jan. 18, 2012
Before the year was over, we should have bickered our love into ruins.
From A Daughter of the Vine by Gertrude Franklin Horn Atherton
