Bicker

n.	1.	A small wooden vessel made of staves and hoops, like a tub.
v. i.	1.	To skirmish; to exchange blows; to fight. [imp. & p. p. Bickered ( ); p. pr. & vb. n. Bickering.] Two eagles had a conflict, and bickered together. - Holland.
	2.	To contend in petulant altercation; to wrangle. Petty things about which men cark and bicker. - Barrow.
	3.	To move quickly and unsteadily, or with a pattering noise; to quiver; to be tremulous, like flame. They [streamlets] bickered through the sunny shade. - Thomson.
n.	1.	A skirmish; an encounter.
	2.	A fight with stones between two parties of boys.
	3.	A wrangle; also, a noise,, as in angry contention.

Noun	1.	bicker - a quarrel about petty points Synonyms: pettifoggery, spat, squabble, tiff, bickering, fuss
Verb	1.	bicker - argue over petty things; "Let's not quibble over pennies" Synonyms: brabble, pettifog, squabble, quibble, niggle

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