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(quibbles, quibbling, quibbled) 1. When people quibble over a small matter, they argue about it even though it is not important. Council members spent the day quibbling over the final wording of the resolution... V-RECIP: V over/about/with n 2. A quibble is a small and unimportant complaint about something. These are minor quibbles. N-COUNT
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I. verb (~d; quibbling) Date: 1656 intransitive verb 1. to evade the point of an argument by caviling about words 2. a. cavil, carp b. bicker transitive verb to subject to ~s • ~r noun II. noun Etymology: probably diminutive of obsolete quib ~ Date: 1664 1. an evasion of or shift from the point 2. a minor objection or criticism ...Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
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n. & v. --n. 1 a petty objection; a trivial point of criticism. 2 a play on words; a pun. 3 an evasion; an insubstantial argument which relies on an ambiguity etc. --v.intr. use quibbles. Derivatives quibbler n. quibbling adj. quibblingly adv. Etymology: dimin. of obs. quib prob. f. L quibus dative & ablat. pl. of qui who (familiar from use in legal documents) ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
3.
1. игра слов; каламбур 2. софизм, увертка; жалкая уловка 3. несущественное выражение, замечание; придирка 4. уклоняться от сути вопроса; уклоняться; увиливать от прямого ответа посредством софизмов 5. играть словами; превращать (что-л.) в шутку 6. выискивать недостатки, придираться ...Новый большой англо-русский словарь
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1. noun 1) игра слов; каламбур 2) софизм, увертка 2. v. 1) уклоняться от сути вопроса, уклоняться от прямого ответа посредством софизма 2) играть словами 3) выискивать недостатки, придираться; If youre satisfied with the contract, why are you quibbling about the exact hours of work? Syn: see disagree ...Англо-русский словарь
5.
~1 v I + over/abou to argue about small points or details that are completely unimportant (Don't quibble about the money - just pay what she asks.) ~2 n a small complaint or criticism about something very unimportant (I have just one quibble - there's a spelling mistake here.) ...Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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- 1611, probably a dim. of quib "evasion of point at issue" (early 16c.), from L. quibus "by what (things)?," dative and ablative plural of quid "what," neut. of quis (see who). The word's overuse in legal jargon supposedly gave it the association with trivial argument. The verb is from 1629. ...Английский Этимологический словарь
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