intransitive verb

Dispute or argue noisily and publicly.

Not satisfied with the elected councilors squabbling among themselves they altercate like belligerent magpies over over who gets to peck the bottletop, and lick the cream of the milk.

argue,quarrel,row,have a row,bicker,squabble,have words,debate,disagree,have a disagreement,have an altercation,be at odds,bandy words