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bickering

bickering adjective: that bickers; argumentative. Also the present participle and gerund of bicker.

Adjective

bickering (comparative more bickering, superlative most bickering)

  1. That bickers; argumentative.

Noun

bickering (plural bickerings)

  1. Petty quarreling.
    • Meeting of Parliament. — Choice of a whig Speaker. — Speech from the throne. — Parliamentary proceedings, and party bickerings.1820, in Memoirs of John Duke of Marlborough, By William Coxe, Ch.40 heading.
    • By this time the two companies were beginning to realise that the continual bickering was not doing either of them much good, and the L.Y.R. (like many others) was becoming tired of the dominance of Euston.1957 October, M. D. Greville and G. O. Holt, “Railway Development in Manchester—2”, in Railway Magazine, page 726

Also used as

bickering is also the present participle and gerund of bicker.

bickering meaning in Hindi and Marathi

bickering in Hindi

petty quarreling
कहासुनी kahāsunī, नोक-झोंक nok-jhõk

bickering in Marathi

petty quarreling
बाचाबाची bācābācī, भांडण bhāṇḍaṇ, भांडणतंटा bhāṇḍaṇtaṇṭā

Examples of bickering in a sentence

  • The war efforts were undermined by the constant bickering between the allies.
  • Once the hosts started bickering in the kitchens, the guests began to migrate towards the living room.
  • Her persistent nagging and constant bickering with me nearly drove me up the wall.

All 23 example sentences with bickering

Forms of bickering

Adjective
comparativemore bickering
superlativemost bickering
Noun
pluralbickerings

Words formed from bickering

Phrases with bickering

Questions about bickering

What does bickering mean?
Bickering means that bickers; argumentative.
What is bickering in Hindi?
Bickering in Hindi is कहासुनी (kahāsunī), नोक-झोंक (nok-jhõk). See Bickering meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is bickering?
Bickering can be an adjective or a noun.

Words near bickering in the dictionary

  1. bickered
  2. bickered like a married couple
  3. bickered like an old married couple
  4. bickerer
  5. bickerers
  6. bickering
  7. bickering like a married couple
  8. bickering like an old married couple
  9. bickeringly
  10. bickerings
  11. bickerment

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