bick·er /ˈbɪkɚ/
(vi.)鬥嘴,潺潺而流,閃動口角,流水聲
Bick·er, n. A small wooden vessel made of staves and hoops, like a tub. [Prov. Eng.]
Bick·er v. i. [imp. & p. p. Bickered p. pr. & vb. n. Bickering.]
1. To skirmish; to exchange blows; to fight. [Obs.]
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.
Bick·er, n.
1. A skirmish; an encounter. [Obs.]
2. A fight with stones between two parties of boys. [Scot.]
3. A wrangle; also, a noise,, as in angry contention.
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bicker
n : a quarrel about petty points [syn: bickering, spat, tiff,
squabble, pettifoggery, fuss]
v : argue over petty things; "Let's not quibble over pennies"
[syn: quibble, niggle, pettifog, squabble, brabble]