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quibbled

quibbled is the simple past and past participle of quibble.

Meaning of quibble

Verb

quibble (third-person singular simple present quibbles, present participle quibbling, simple past and past participle quibbled)

  1. (informal, intransitive) To complain or argue in a trivial or petty manner.
    • They are constantly quibbling over insignificant details.
  2. (informal, rare, transitive) To contest, especially some trivial issue in a petty manner.
    • The customer quibbled the bill.

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Questions about quibbled

What is quibbled the simple past and past participle of?
Quibbled is the simple past and past participle of quibble.

Words near quibbled in the dictionary

  1. Quiambaos
  2. Quiapo
  3. quib
  4. Quibal
  5. quibble
  6. quibbled
  7. quibbler
  8. quibblers
  9. quibbles
  10. quibblesome
  11. quibbling

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