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verb | noun quibblequibble1 /ˈkwɪbəl/ verb [intransitive] VERB TABLEquibble |
Present | I, you, we, they | quibble | | he, she, it | quibbles | Past | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | quibbled | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have quibbled | | he, she, it | has quibbled | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had quibbled | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will quibble | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have quibbled |
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Present | I | am quibbling | | he, she, it | is quibbling | | you, we, they | are quibbling | Past | I, he, she, it | was quibbling | | you, we, they | were quibbling | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have been quibbling | | he, she, it | has been quibbling | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had been quibbling | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will be quibbling | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have been quibbling |
to argue about something that is not very important: quibble about/over I didn’t feel like quibbling over the price. verb | noun quibblequibble2 noun [countable] ETYMOLOGYquibble2Origin: 1600-1700 Probably from quib quibble (16-17 centuries), probably from Latin quibus for whom, to whom, from qui who, which a complaint or criticism about something that is not very important |