Definition of quibble in English:

quibble

noun ˈkwɪb(ə)lˈkwɪbəl

1A slight objection or criticism.
the only quibble about this book is the price
Example sentencesExamples
- Sadly, one of the major parties has slight quibbles with the details of the agreement.
- I find little with which to quarrel and only a bit over which to quibble - and the quibbles supplement the book's argument more than challenge it.
- But, if these minor quibbles are the only major criticisms that can be leveled at the album, then there is little worry to be had.
- In spite of these quibbles, Lancaster's book should prove a valuable resource to ministers and serious laity who are willing to grapple with issues of biblical authority.
- However, this is a slight quibble in what is an otherwise fine book.
- But these are small quibbles, and the greater value of this book is that it has its readers asking such questions in the first place.
- A few quibbles aside, we should value the BBC's comprehensive and dedicated coverage of an event that continues to grip our imagination, even if the weather gods frequently rain on Wimbledon's parade.
- This is a quibble rather than a significant criticism.
- My only quibble with this fine book is with the way in which it which it casually ascribes ultimate influence on the shaping of genres to the power of commerce and its supposedly attendant sensibilities.
- Despite these quibbles, I would recommend the book as a provocative introduction to some of the central postures adopted by Judaism and Christianity in the face of basic human questions.
- Despite these quibbles, I recommend this book as a widely accessible and clearly written summary of the main causes of the Great Depression and its legacy for economic policy.
- Of course, these are minor quibbles with a book that provides such a wealth of content.
- Minor quibbles aside, however, it was hard to be critical.
- These are minor quibbles, however, and the book overall is well-written, highly readable, and very enjoyable and informative.
- However, these are minor quibbles when set against the powerful argument supported throughout the book.
- But really, those are minor quibbles compared to the book's overwhelming strengths.
- Cavils and quibbles aside, this is a tome to own.
- These criticisms are not quibbles over details, for these texts are among the Arthurian documents cited and used as sources for the arguments put forward.
- Other than the political quibbles, London critics were mostly rapturous about this modern-dress revival.
- My only quibble is that some comments - criticisms and praise - remain unchanged year to year.
Synonyms
minor criticism, trivial objection, trivial complaint, adverse comment, protest, query, argument, exception, moan, grumble, grouse, cavil
informal niggle, gripe, beef, grouch, nitpicking
archaic pettifogging
evasion, dodge
(quibbles), avoidance, equivocation, prevarication, hedging, fudging
2archaic A play on words; a pun.

verb ˈkwɪb(ə)lˈkwɪbəl

[no object]

Argue or raise objections about a trivial matter.
they are always quibbling about the amount they are prepared to pay
Example sentencesExamples
- The next, his ministers are quibbling over the £164,000 needed to keep North Yorkshire's emergency doctors service going.
- It is expensive - between €600 and €700 a week for Jason to reside there - but Frank is not quibbling.
- Actually, the Mies van der Rohe creation was torn down in 1930 and what now stands is a copy made in 1986-but who's quibbling.
- He said: ‘We are not quibbling at the actual amount of increase or at the basic philosophy of a national minimum wage.’
- The amount of money being quibbled over is not nearly enough to launch a serious effort to save our Aboriginal languages.
- With the universality of English largely a result of America's global dominance, it's time for other English speakers to stop quibbling about whether the American usage is right or wrong.
- Perhaps this amounts to quibbling with success, but nations with traditions of military victory, must nitpick if they hope to learn from the past.
- Indeed, this makes argument about the relative merits of security and liberty impossible; we are reduced to quibbling about dictionary definitions.
- The argument was somewhat simplistic, and off on some facts, but the room was packed, and no one was quibbling over details.
- The two judicial bodies are also quibbling over the higher committee that will be in charge of supervising the first multi - candidate presidential elections in Egypt's history.
- He will have made enemies of all his former managers, but few quibbled with Thompson's logic when he parted company with each of them.
- It was quibbling over the interpretation of the contract it agreed with the company before the work was carried out, he said.
- It sounds like I'm quibbling over grammar, but actually I reckon it's important.
- But quibbling aside, it is clear the company's future is in gambling.
- But the transfer has bogged down in quibbling over technicalities.
- Look, we're not quibbling or splitting hairs about this agreement.
- But there's no point quibbling: it's extremely good in either version.
- But that is quibbling with what is an engaging, warm and character-driven story.
- Yet there's no point in quibbling with Arnold about this.
- And not that Williams was quibbling with the nature of the win.
Synonyms
find fault with, raise trivial objections to, complain about, object to, cavil at, carp about
split hairs, chop logic
criticize, query, fault, pick, holes in
informal nitpick
archaic pettifog
be evasive, equivocate, avoid the issue, prevaricate, hedge, fudge, be ambiguous
informal beat about the bush

Derivatives

quibbler

noun ˈkwɪb(ə)ləˈkwɪb(ə)lər

But I think it has far greater potential to damage the opposition, who, by engaging in such arguments, make themselves look like pettifogging quibblers out to injure the president by any means necessary.
Example sentencesExamples
- While quibblers without doubt will find passages to carp on, I found the information accurate and clearly presented.
- A gaggle of quibblers complain that chickens do fly, albeit short distances.
- How wider access might be achieved is another matter, and one that will be closely examined by the quibblers after Wade takes up his appointment in October.
- Of course, quibblers will point out that the Booker Prize is first and foremost an award for novels and that My Side, being a volume of sporting autobiography, is not, technically, a work of fiction.

quibblingly

adverbˈkwɪblɪŋliˈkwɪblɪŋli

It might be argued, but rather quibblingly, that such a response is itself an expression of inherent genotypic possibilities.
Example sentencesExamples
- More quibblingly, I wish that they might have begun the passages from Calvin on any page other than 666; given their appreciation of the Reform tradition, however, this is almost certainly the fault of some Arminian typesetter.
- Those who are familiar with both the details and the thrust of his thought have a responsibility to explain it to interested newcomers as best we can, even as we also pursue high level or quibblingly technical debates among ourselves.

Origin

Early 17th century (in the sense 'play on words, pun'): diminutive of obsolete quib 'a petty objection', probably from Latin quibus, dative and ablative plural of qui, quae, quod 'who, what, which', frequently used in legal documents and so associated with subtle distinctions or verbal niceties.

A quibble was originally a pun or play on words. It probably comes from Latin quibus, meaning ‘for which’ or ‘for whom’, a word that often appeared in legal documents and so was associated with subtle distinctions or verbal niceties. The idea of a pun led to that of basing an argument on some likeness or difference between words or their meanings, and from this arose the notion of a petty objection or a trivial point of criticism.

Rhymes

dibble, dribble, fribble, Gribble, kibble, nibble, scribble

Definition of quibble in US English:

quibble

nounˈkwibəlˈkwɪbəl

1A slight objection or criticism about a trivial matter.
the only quibble about this book is the price
Example sentencesExamples
- But these are small quibbles, and the greater value of this book is that it has its readers asking such questions in the first place.
- My only quibble is that some comments - criticisms and praise - remain unchanged year to year.
- But really, those are minor quibbles compared to the book's overwhelming strengths.
- Minor quibbles aside, however, it was hard to be critical.
- Despite these quibbles, I would recommend the book as a provocative introduction to some of the central postures adopted by Judaism and Christianity in the face of basic human questions.
- Sadly, one of the major parties has slight quibbles with the details of the agreement.
- This is a quibble rather than a significant criticism.
- Cavils and quibbles aside, this is a tome to own.
- Of course, these are minor quibbles with a book that provides such a wealth of content.
- However, this is a slight quibble in what is an otherwise fine book.
- Other than the political quibbles, London critics were mostly rapturous about this modern-dress revival.
- I find little with which to quarrel and only a bit over which to quibble - and the quibbles supplement the book's argument more than challenge it.
- However, these are minor quibbles when set against the powerful argument supported throughout the book.
- Despite these quibbles, I recommend this book as a widely accessible and clearly written summary of the main causes of the Great Depression and its legacy for economic policy.
- A few quibbles aside, we should value the BBC's comprehensive and dedicated coverage of an event that continues to grip our imagination, even if the weather gods frequently rain on Wimbledon's parade.
- In spite of these quibbles, Lancaster's book should prove a valuable resource to ministers and serious laity who are willing to grapple with issues of biblical authority.
- My only quibble with this fine book is with the way in which it which it casually ascribes ultimate influence on the shaping of genres to the power of commerce and its supposedly attendant sensibilities.
- These are minor quibbles, however, and the book overall is well-written, highly readable, and very enjoyable and informative.
- These criticisms are not quibbles over details, for these texts are among the Arthurian documents cited and used as sources for the arguments put forward.
- But, if these minor quibbles are the only major criticisms that can be leveled at the album, then there is little worry to be had.
Synonyms
minor criticism, trivial objection, trivial complaint, adverse comment, protest, query, argument, exception, moan, grumble, grouse, cavil
evasion, dodge
2archaic A play on words; a pun.

verbˈkwibəlˈkwɪbəl

[no object]

Argue or raise objections about a trivial matter.
they are always quibbling about the amount they are prepared to pay
Example sentencesExamples
- Indeed, this makes argument about the relative merits of security and liberty impossible; we are reduced to quibbling about dictionary definitions.
- It is expensive - between €600 and €700 a week for Jason to reside there - but Frank is not quibbling.
- And not that Williams was quibbling with the nature of the win.
- But quibbling aside, it is clear the company's future is in gambling.
- With the universality of English largely a result of America's global dominance, it's time for other English speakers to stop quibbling about whether the American usage is right or wrong.
- He will have made enemies of all his former managers, but few quibbled with Thompson's logic when he parted company with each of them.
- But there's no point quibbling: it's extremely good in either version.
- The next, his ministers are quibbling over the £164,000 needed to keep North Yorkshire's emergency doctors service going.
- But that is quibbling with what is an engaging, warm and character-driven story.
- Yet there's no point in quibbling with Arnold about this.
- Actually, the Mies van der Rohe creation was torn down in 1930 and what now stands is a copy made in 1986-but who's quibbling.
- He said: ‘We are not quibbling at the actual amount of increase or at the basic philosophy of a national minimum wage.’
- Perhaps this amounts to quibbling with success, but nations with traditions of military victory, must nitpick if they hope to learn from the past.
- It sounds like I'm quibbling over grammar, but actually I reckon it's important.
- The argument was somewhat simplistic, and off on some facts, but the room was packed, and no one was quibbling over details.
- The two judicial bodies are also quibbling over the higher committee that will be in charge of supervising the first multi - candidate presidential elections in Egypt's history.
- Look, we're not quibbling or splitting hairs about this agreement.
- The amount of money being quibbled over is not nearly enough to launch a serious effort to save our Aboriginal languages.
- It was quibbling over the interpretation of the contract it agreed with the company before the work was carried out, he said.
- But the transfer has bogged down in quibbling over technicalities.
Synonyms
find fault with, raise trivial objections to, complain about, object to, cavil at, carp about
be evasive, equivocate, avoid the issue, prevaricate, hedge, fudge, be ambiguous

Origin

Early 17th century (in the sense ‘play on words, pun’): diminutive of obsolete quib ‘a petty objection’, probably from Latin quibus, dative and ablative plural of qui, quae, quod ‘who, what, which’, frequently used in legal documents and so associated with subtle distinctions or verbal niceties.

单词	quibble
释义	Definition of quibble in English: quibble noun ˈkwɪb(ə)lˈkwɪbəl 1A slight objection or criticism. the only quibble about this book is the price Example sentencesExamples Sadly, one of the major parties has slight quibbles with the details of the agreement. I find little with which to quarrel and only a bit over which to quibble - and the quibbles supplement the book's argument more than challenge it. But, if these minor quibbles are the only major criticisms that can be leveled at the album, then there is little worry to be had. In spite of these quibbles, Lancaster's book should prove a valuable resource to ministers and serious laity who are willing to grapple with issues of biblical authority. However, this is a slight quibble in what is an otherwise fine book. But these are small quibbles, and the greater value of this book is that it has its readers asking such questions in the first place. A few quibbles aside, we should value the BBC's comprehensive and dedicated coverage of an event that continues to grip our imagination, even if the weather gods frequently rain on Wimbledon's parade. This is a quibble rather than a significant criticism. My only quibble with this fine book is with the way in which it which it casually ascribes ultimate influence on the shaping of genres to the power of commerce and its supposedly attendant sensibilities. Despite these quibbles, I would recommend the book as a provocative introduction to some of the central postures adopted by Judaism and Christianity in the face of basic human questions. Despite these quibbles, I recommend this book as a widely accessible and clearly written summary of the main causes of the Great Depression and its legacy for economic policy. Of course, these are minor quibbles with a book that provides such a wealth of content. Minor quibbles aside, however, it was hard to be critical. These are minor quibbles, however, and the book overall is well-written, highly readable, and very enjoyable and informative. However, these are minor quibbles when set against the powerful argument supported throughout the book. But really, those are minor quibbles compared to the book's overwhelming strengths. Cavils and quibbles aside, this is a tome to own. These criticisms are not quibbles over details, for these texts are among the Arthurian documents cited and used as sources for the arguments put forward. Other than the political quibbles, London critics were mostly rapturous about this modern-dress revival. My only quibble is that some comments - criticisms and praise - remain unchanged year to year. Synonyms minor criticism, trivial objection, trivial complaint, adverse comment, protest, query, argument, exception, moan, grumble, grouse, cavil informal niggle, gripe, beef, grouch, nitpicking archaic pettifogging evasion, dodge (quibbles), avoidance, equivocation, prevarication, hedging, fudging 2archaic A play on words; a pun. verb ˈkwɪb(ə)lˈkwɪbəl [no object] Argue or raise objections about a trivial matter. they are always quibbling about the amount they are prepared to pay Example sentencesExamples The next, his ministers are quibbling over the £164,000 needed to keep North Yorkshire's emergency doctors service going. It is expensive - between €600 and €700 a week for Jason to reside there - but Frank is not quibbling. Actually, the Mies van der Rohe creation was torn down in 1930 and what now stands is a copy made in 1986-but who's quibbling. He said: ‘We are not quibbling at the actual amount of increase or at the basic philosophy of a national minimum wage.’ The amount of money being quibbled over is not nearly enough to launch a serious effort to save our Aboriginal languages. With the universality of English largely a result of America's global dominance, it's time for other English speakers to stop quibbling about whether the American usage is right or wrong. Perhaps this amounts to quibbling with success, but nations with traditions of military victory, must nitpick if they hope to learn from the past. Indeed, this makes argument about the relative merits of security and liberty impossible; we are reduced to quibbling about dictionary definitions. The argument was somewhat simplistic, and off on some facts, but the room was packed, and no one was quibbling over details. The two judicial bodies are also quibbling over the higher committee that will be in charge of supervising the first multi - candidate presidential elections in Egypt's history. He will have made enemies of all his former managers, but few quibbled with Thompson's logic when he parted company with each of them. It was quibbling over the interpretation of the contract it agreed with the company before the work was carried out, he said. It sounds like I'm quibbling over grammar, but actually I reckon it's important. But quibbling aside, it is clear the company's future is in gambling. But the transfer has bogged down in quibbling over technicalities. Look, we're not quibbling or splitting hairs about this agreement. But there's no point quibbling: it's extremely good in either version. But that is quibbling with what is an engaging, warm and character-driven story. Yet there's no point in quibbling with Arnold about this. And not that Williams was quibbling with the nature of the win. Synonyms find fault with, raise trivial objections to, complain about, object to, cavil at, carp about split hairs, chop logic criticize, query, fault, pick, holes in informal nitpick archaic pettifog be evasive, equivocate, avoid the issue, prevaricate, hedge, fudge, be ambiguous informal beat about the bush Derivatives quibbler noun ˈkwɪb(ə)ləˈkwɪb(ə)lər But I think it has far greater potential to damage the opposition, who, by engaging in such arguments, make themselves look like pettifogging quibblers out to injure the president by any means necessary. Example sentencesExamples While quibblers without doubt will find passages to carp on, I found the information accurate and clearly presented. A gaggle of quibblers complain that chickens do fly, albeit short distances. How wider access might be achieved is another matter, and one that will be closely examined by the quibblers after Wade takes up his appointment in October. Of course, quibblers will point out that the Booker Prize is first and foremost an award for novels and that My Side, being a volume of sporting autobiography, is not, technically, a work of fiction. quibblingly adverbˈkwɪblɪŋliˈkwɪblɪŋli It might be argued, but rather quibblingly, that such a response is itself an expression of inherent genotypic possibilities. Example sentencesExamples More quibblingly, I wish that they might have begun the passages from Calvin on any page other than 666; given their appreciation of the Reform tradition, however, this is almost certainly the fault of some Arminian typesetter. Those who are familiar with both the details and the thrust of his thought have a responsibility to explain it to interested newcomers as best we can, even as we also pursue high level or quibblingly technical debates among ourselves. Origin Early 17th century (in the sense 'play on words, pun'): diminutive of obsolete quib 'a petty objection', probably from Latin quibus, dative and ablative plural of qui, quae, quod 'who, what, which', frequently used in legal documents and so associated with subtle distinctions or verbal niceties. A quibble was originally a pun or play on words. It probably comes from Latin quibus, meaning ‘for which’ or ‘for whom’, a word that often appeared in legal documents and so was associated with subtle distinctions or verbal niceties. The idea of a pun led to that of basing an argument on some likeness or difference between words or their meanings, and from this arose the notion of a petty objection or a trivial point of criticism. Rhymes dibble, dribble, fribble, Gribble, kibble, nibble, scribble Definition of quibble in US English: quibble nounˈkwibəlˈkwɪbəl 1A slight objection or criticism about a trivial matter. the only quibble about this book is the price Example sentencesExamples But these are small quibbles, and the greater value of this book is that it has its readers asking such questions in the first place. My only quibble is that some comments - criticisms and praise - remain unchanged year to year. But really, those are minor quibbles compared to the book's overwhelming strengths. Minor quibbles aside, however, it was hard to be critical. Despite these quibbles, I would recommend the book as a provocative introduction to some of the central postures adopted by Judaism and Christianity in the face of basic human questions. Sadly, one of the major parties has slight quibbles with the details of the agreement. This is a quibble rather than a significant criticism. Cavils and quibbles aside, this is a tome to own. Of course, these are minor quibbles with a book that provides such a wealth of content. However, this is a slight quibble in what is an otherwise fine book. Other than the political quibbles, London critics were mostly rapturous about this modern-dress revival. I find little with which to quarrel and only a bit over which to quibble - and the quibbles supplement the book's argument more than challenge it. However, these are minor quibbles when set against the powerful argument supported throughout the book. Despite these quibbles, I recommend this book as a widely accessible and clearly written summary of the main causes of the Great Depression and its legacy for economic policy. A few quibbles aside, we should value the BBC's comprehensive and dedicated coverage of an event that continues to grip our imagination, even if the weather gods frequently rain on Wimbledon's parade. In spite of these quibbles, Lancaster's book should prove a valuable resource to ministers and serious laity who are willing to grapple with issues of biblical authority. My only quibble with this fine book is with the way in which it which it casually ascribes ultimate influence on the shaping of genres to the power of commerce and its supposedly attendant sensibilities. These are minor quibbles, however, and the book overall is well-written, highly readable, and very enjoyable and informative. These criticisms are not quibbles over details, for these texts are among the Arthurian documents cited and used as sources for the arguments put forward. But, if these minor quibbles are the only major criticisms that can be leveled at the album, then there is little worry to be had. Synonyms minor criticism, trivial objection, trivial complaint, adverse comment, protest, query, argument, exception, moan, grumble, grouse, cavil evasion, dodge 2archaic A play on words; a pun. verbˈkwibəlˈkwɪbəl [no object] Argue or raise objections about a trivial matter. they are always quibbling about the amount they are prepared to pay Example sentencesExamples Indeed, this makes argument about the relative merits of security and liberty impossible; we are reduced to quibbling about dictionary definitions. It is expensive - between €600 and €700 a week for Jason to reside there - but Frank is not quibbling. And not that Williams was quibbling with the nature of the win. But quibbling aside, it is clear the company's future is in gambling. With the universality of English largely a result of America's global dominance, it's time for other English speakers to stop quibbling about whether the American usage is right or wrong. He will have made enemies of all his former managers, but few quibbled with Thompson's logic when he parted company with each of them. But there's no point quibbling: it's extremely good in either version. The next, his ministers are quibbling over the £164,000 needed to keep North Yorkshire's emergency doctors service going. But that is quibbling with what is an engaging, warm and character-driven story. Yet there's no point in quibbling with Arnold about this. Actually, the Mies van der Rohe creation was torn down in 1930 and what now stands is a copy made in 1986-but who's quibbling. He said: ‘We are not quibbling at the actual amount of increase or at the basic philosophy of a national minimum wage.’ Perhaps this amounts to quibbling with success, but nations with traditions of military victory, must nitpick if they hope to learn from the past. It sounds like I'm quibbling over grammar, but actually I reckon it's important. The argument was somewhat simplistic, and off on some facts, but the room was packed, and no one was quibbling over details. The two judicial bodies are also quibbling over the higher committee that will be in charge of supervising the first multi - candidate presidential elections in Egypt's history. Look, we're not quibbling or splitting hairs about this agreement. The amount of money being quibbled over is not nearly enough to launch a serious effort to save our Aboriginal languages. It was quibbling over the interpretation of the contract it agreed with the company before the work was carried out, he said. But the transfer has bogged down in quibbling over technicalities. Synonyms find fault with, raise trivial objections to, complain about, object to, cavil at, carp about be evasive, equivocate, avoid the issue, prevaricate, hedge, fudge, be ambiguous Origin Early 17th century (in the sense ‘play on words, pun’): diminutive of obsolete quib ‘a petty objection’, probably from Latin quibus, dative and ablative plural of qui, quae, quod ‘who, what, which’, frequently used in legal documents and so associated with subtle distinctions or verbal niceties.
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