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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Squabble \Squab"ble\ (skw[o^]b"b'l), verb (used without an object) [imp. & p. p. {Squabbled} (-b'ld); p. pr. & vb. n. {Squabbling} (-bl[i^]ng).] [Cf. dial. Sw. skvabbel a dispute, skvappa to chide.]
1. To contend for superiority in an unseemly manner; to scuffle; to struggle; to wrangle; to quarrel.
2. To debate peevishly; to dispute.
The sense of these propositions is very plain, though logicians might squabble a whole day whether they should rank them under negative or affirmative. --I. Watts.
Syn: To dispute; contend; scuffle; wrangle; quarrel; struggle.
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