pribble
/ˈprɪbl/noun
A petty or pointless dispute, a squabble; trivial or nonsensical speech or writing; squabbling, quarrelling; idle chit-chat. Only in collocation pribble and prabble.
Origin
Early 17th century; earliest use found in Thomas Dekker (c1572–1632), playwright and pamphleteer. Variant of prabble, perhaps arising from the reduplicated formation pribble-prabble (which is attested slightly earlier).
- under the open sky
- under the pump
- under the rose
- under the skin
- under the sod
- under the sun
- under the table
- under the weather
- under the wire
- underthings
- underthrust
- undertint
- undertip
- undertone
- undertook
- undertow
- undertrained
- undertrial
- undertrick
- underuse
- underutilise
- underutilization
- underutilize
- undervaluation
- undervalue