squabble

intransitive verb

To engage in a bad-tempered argument, often over a trivial matter; bicker. synonym: argue.

noun

A noisy quarrel, often about a trivial matter.

To engage in a noisy quarrel or row; wrangle; quarrel and fight noisily; brawl; scuffle.

Synonyms To jangle. See quarrel, n.

In printing, to disarrange andmix (lines of composed types) when they are standing on their feet.

noun

A wrangle; a dispute; a brawl; a scuffle; a noisy quarrel.

noun

Synonyms Brawl, Wrangle, etc. See quarrel.

transitive verb

To disarrange, so that the letters or lines stand awry or are mixed and need careful readjustment; — said of type that has been set up.

noun

A scuffle; a wrangle; a brawl.

intransitive verb

To contend for superiority in an unseemly manner; to scuffle; to struggle; to wrangle; to quarrel.