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How to pronounce bickering in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms bicker, fuss, pettifoggery, spat, squabble, tiff
Type of dustup, quarrel, row, run-in, words, wrangle

Examples of bickering

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The crisis commission's findings were caught up in immediate partisan bickering.
From the sacbee.com
Now if only everybody can quit bickering long enough, let the bounce back begin.
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He claimed that Prince and the other woman started bickering over him last week.
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So don't start the bickering back and forth about which school has smarter kids.
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Efforts failed during the regular session amid political and personal bickering.
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It was on a Tuesday that he was still bickering about his fantasy football team.
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Everyone thinks there's too much bickering and debating and fussing and feuding.
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However, bickering led to the break-up of the Janata Party after only two years.
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Earlier a ramshackle mission to Syria by the Arab League had ended in bickering.
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More examples
  • A quarrel about petty points
  • Quibble: argue over petty things; "Let's not quibble over pennies"
  • Andries Bicker (Amsterdam, 1586 - Amsterdam?, 24 June 1652) was a wealthy merchant on Moscovia, a member of the vroedschap, the leader of the Arminians, an administrator of the VOC, representative of the States-General of the Netherlands and colonel in the Civic guard. ...
  • To quarrel in a tiresome, insulting manner
  • (bickering) Petty quarreling. Usually considered a childish behaviour, although often applied to adults
  • The five-day period at the start of second semester during which sophomores wishing to join selective eating clubs go through a rush-like process in order to gain an invitation.
  • To have a small quarrel ofer and unimportant matter.
  • The process by which students join selective eating clubs, similar to fraternity/sorority rush at other schools
  • To disagree in a quarrelsome way