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How to pronounce squabble in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms bicker, bickering, fuss, pettifoggery, spat, tiff
Type of dustup, quarrel, row, run-in, words, wrangle
Type Words
Synonyms bicker, brabble, niggle, pettifog, quibble
Type of argue, contend, debate, fence

Examples of squabble

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Racing Club's Teofilo Gutierrez and Mauro Dobler feature in the latest squabble.
From the web.orange.co.uk
The squabble was ramped up on the internet, social media and the network itself.
From the washingtontimes.com
This is much more than an academic squabble between competing teams of analysts.
From the sacbee.com
Both have been preoccupied with a nakedly political squabble over the judiciary.
From the economist.com
Thus began the most caustic kiss-off in the history of the Sino-Soviet squabble.
From the time.com
The squabble is complicated, and the archdiocese hasn't returned my phone calls.
From the sfgate.com
Their plans could be affected by the squabble over who should regulate the water.
From the statesman.com
And it is worth remembering that this is far more than an obscure local squabble.
From the thisismoney.co.uk
We're not talking about some schoolyard squabble between impulsive 8-year-olds.
From the keepingscore.blogs.time.com
More examples
  • Bicker: a quarrel about petty points
  • Quibble: argue over petty things; "Let's not quibble over pennies"
  • Controversy is a state of prolonged public dispute or debate, usually concerning a matter of opinion. ...
  • A minor fight or argument as between children, for example; To participate in a minor fight or argument
  • (squabbly) Having the tendency to squabble, argumentative
  • Refers to a group of seagulls. You can see a 'flock' of sparrows, but you always see a 'squabble' of gulls.
  • As Jo (1999; directed by Fiona Eason, Wellington Girls' College)
  • To argue (Oct. 2010)