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niggleniggle /ˈnɪgəl/ verb [intransitive] ETYMOLOGYniggleOrigin: 1600-1700 Perhaps from a Scandinavian language VERB TABLEniggle |
Present | I, you, we, they | niggle | | he, she, it | niggles | Past | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | niggled | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have niggled | | he, she, it | has niggled | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had niggled | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will niggle | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have niggled |
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Present | I | am niggling | | he, she, it | is niggling | | you, we, they | are niggling | Past | I, he, she, it | was niggling | | you, we, they | were niggling | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have been niggling | | he, she, it | has been niggling | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had been niggling | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will be niggling | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have been niggling |
to argue or make criticisms about small unimportant details SYN quibble: She niggled over every detail of the bill. |