A quarrel, contention, bickering.

A wrangle, dispute, brawl; a petty quarrel.

A quarrel, a squabble. Frequently in pribbles and prabbles (cf. pribble, n.).

The action of the verb, in various senses.

Petty, frivolous contention; squabbling.

figurative. Wordy, playful, or amorous skirmishing; wrangling, bickering, petty quarrelling; an instance of this. Irish English in later use.

Squabbling; petty quarrelling.

A slight fit of ill-humour or offendedness; a petty quarrel or disagreement: = tiff, n.3 1 2.

A slight or petty quarrel; a temporary ill-humoured disagreement; a ‘breeze’; sometimes applied to a more serious quarrel.

A tiff or dispute; a quarrel. Originally U.S.

A state of disturbance or annoyance; a turmoil, bother, fuss; an embroilment, petty quarrel. (Chiefly in plural.)