quibble
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- To argue or find fault over trivial matters or minor concerns; cavil. intransitive verb …☝️ Source: The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition (view on wordnik.com)
- A trivial matter or minor concern raised in arguing or finding fault. noun …☝️ Source: The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition (view on wordnik.com)
- A pun. noun …☝️ Source: The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition (view on wordnik.com)
- A start or turn from the point in question, or from plain truth; an evasion; a prevarication. noun …☝️ Source: The Century Dictionary (view on wordnik.com)
- A pun; a trivial conceit. noun …☝️ Source: The Century Dictionary (view on wordnik.com)
- To trifle in argument or discourse; evade the point in question, or the plain truth, by artifice, play upon words, or any conceit; prevaricate. …☝️ Source: The Century Dictionary (view on wordnik.com)
- To pun. …☝️ Source: The Century Dictionary (view on wordnik.com)
- To evade the point in question by artifice, play upon words, caviling, or by raising any insignificant or impertinent question or point; to trifle in argument or discourse; to equivocate. intransitive verb …☝️ Source: The GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English (view on wordnik.com)
- To pun; to practice punning. intransitive verb …☝️ Source: The GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English (view on wordnik.com)
- A shift or turn from the point in question; a trifling or evasive distinction; an evasion; a cavil. noun …☝️ Source: The GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English (view on wordnik.com)
- A pun; a low conceit. noun …☝️ Source: The GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English (view on wordnik.com)
- A trivial or minor
complaint ,objection orargument . noun …☝️ Source: Wiktionary (view on wordnik.com) - To
complain orargue in atrivial orpetty manner. verb …☝️ Source: Wiktionary (view on wordnik.com) - evade the truth of a point or question by raising irrelevant objections verb …☝️ Source: WordNet 3.0 (view on wordnik.com)
- argue over petty things verb …☝️ Source: WordNet 3.0 (view on wordnik.com)
- an evasion of the point of an argument by raising irrelevant distinctions or objections noun …☝️ Source: WordNet 3.0 (view on wordnik.com)
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Etymology
- 1610s, "a pun, a play on words," probably a diminutive of obsolete quib "evasion of point at issue," based on an overuse of Latin quibus? in legal jargon, which supposedly gave it the association with trivial argument. Meaning "equivocation, evasion of the point" is attested from 1660s.1610, 1660
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- Quibble (plot device) In terms of fiction, a quibble is a plot device, used to fulfill the exact verbal conditions of an agreement in order to avoid the intended meaning. Typically quibbles are used in legal bargains and, in fantasy, magically enforced ones.
- Quibble A quibble may refer to:a trivial objection a pun, or play on words Quibble, in narratology Quibble (computing), a quad nibble A monster from the game My Singing Monsters
- Quibble Island Quibble Island is a river island in the city of Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India. It is formed by the encirclement of the Adyar River and one of its tributaries. It is situated between the neighbourhoods of Mylapore and Adyar. It abuts the southern stretch of the Marina Beach. During the British rule, a European cemetery was located here.
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