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Quibbler

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Noun

1. caviler, caviller, pettifogger, quibbler

a disputant who quibbles; someone who raises annoying petty objections

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Quibbler

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verb (intransitive)

1.

to make trivial objections; prevaricate

2. archaic

to play on words; pun

noun

3.

a trivial objection or equivocation, esp one used to avoid an issue

4. archaic

a pun

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Quibbler

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noun

1. Obsolete

a play on words; pun

2.

an evasion of the main point as by emphasizing some petty detail; cavil

3.

a petty objection or criticism

verb intransitiveWord forms: ˈquibbled or ˈquibbling

4.

to evade the truth of a point under discussion by caviling; resort to a quibble

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Quibbler

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intr.v. quib·bled, quib·bling, quib·bles

To argue or find fault over trivial matters or minor concerns; cavil.

n.

1. A trivial matter or minor concern raised in arguing or finding fault.

2. Archaic A pun.

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