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Princeton's WordNet

  1. bicker, bickering, spat, tiff, squabble, pettifoggery, fussnoun

    a quarrel about petty points

Wiktionary

  1. bickeringnoun

    Petty quarreling. Usually considered a childish behaviour, although often applied to adults.

ChatGPT

  1. bickering

    Bickering refers to petty, argumentative and continuous disagreement or squabble about insignificant or trivial matters. It typically involves two or more parties and is often persistent or recurrent in nature. This kind of argument usually comes from lack of communication, misunderstanding, or different views and opinions. It's often found among couples, siblings, friends or colleagues.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Bickering

    of Bicker

  2. Bickeringnoun

    a skirmishing

  3. Bickeringnoun

    altercation; wrangling

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of bickering in Chaldean Numerology is: 6

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of bickering in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6

Examples of bickering in a Sentence

  1. James Shaw:

    I don’t think I’ve ever felt as sad or as angry about the lost decades that we spent bickering and arguing about whether climate change was real or not, it is clearly here now, and if we do not act it will get worse.

  2. Evan Bayh:

    With the challenges facing Indiana and our country, I can no longer sit on the sidelines and watch as partisan bickering grinds Washington to a halt.

  3. Tommy Duckworth:

    Got them bickering, and that fraction of a second changed the lives of everybody.

  4. Shalini Munnuswamy:

    It seemed impossible at one point. There would be constant bickering about money at home and I would go outside with my books to study.

  5. Chase Oliver:

    I don’t have any interest in partisan bickering. I owe no allegiance to either party. I only owe allegiance to you, the voter.

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