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单词 argufy
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Definition of argufy in English:

argufy

verbargufied, argufying, argufies ˈɑːɡjʊfʌɪˈärɡyəˌfī
[no object]dialect, humorous
  • Argue or quarrel, typically about something trivial.

    It won't do to argufy, I tell you
    Example sentencesExamples
    • But there was something more than teenage argufying going on here.
    • By any standard his Collected Poems of 1986 is a major achievement, and as religious as R.S. but accepting rather than argufying.
    • Men amused themselves in the mess by argufying sometimes about any silly subject.
    • They started to argufy but nobody remembered how many cans there were at the very beginning.
    • The other day they got their heads together, and wanted me to do something, and I refused flatly, and they begged, and entreated, and argufied, till I made them all get down on their knees and ask me.
    Synonyms
    quarrel, disagree, row, squabble, bicker, fight, wrangle, dispute, feud, have a row, bandy words, have words, cross swords, lock horns, be at each other's throats

Origin

Late 17th century: fanciful formation from argue; compare with speechify.

 
 

Definition of argufy in US English:

argufy

verbˈärɡyəˌfī
[no object]humorous, dialect
  • Argue or quarrel, typically about something trivial.

    It won't do to argufy, I tell you
    Example sentencesExamples
    • They started to argufy but nobody remembered how many cans there were at the very beginning.
    • The other day they got their heads together, and wanted me to do something, and I refused flatly, and they begged, and entreated, and argufied, till I made them all get down on their knees and ask me.
    • By any standard his Collected Poems of 1986 is a major achievement, and as religious as R.S. but accepting rather than argufying.
    • But there was something more than teenage argufying going on here.
    • Men amused themselves in the mess by argufying sometimes about any silly subject.
    Synonyms
    quarrel, disagree, row, squabble, bicker, fight, wrangle, dispute, feud, have a row, bandy words, have words, cross swords, lock horns, be at each other's throats

Origin

Late 17th century: fanciful formation from argue; compare with speechify.

 
 
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