Definition of bicker
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: petulant quarreling : altercation
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: a sound of or as if of bickering
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Examples of bicker in a Sentence
after a prolonged bicker, they finally managed to find a movie that both of them were interested in seeing
Recent Examples of bicker from the Web
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For some reason, Lincoln takes issue with this and the two bicker and fight while the camera weirdly zooms in on their legs touching.
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The episode is the latest to highlight divisions in the Europe Union that have left the bloc without a comprehensive migration policy as countries on the front line of the Mediterranean route bicker over who should be responsible for migrants.
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The two bicker throughout the process, yet ultimately bond over their failure to make it in Hollywood.
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Jughead After Jughead calls all the Serpents back to the Whyte Wyrm and gets them to stop rioting and pursuing Reggie, Jughead and Sweet Pea (Jordan Connor) bicker over Jughead’s responsibility for the mess with Fangs and the Ghoulies.
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Freyre said Castro probably will take a more diminished role, emerging only if the new crop of leaders stray too far from the script or bicker too much among themselves.
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Tarek and Christina El Moussa of Flip or Flop, on the other hand, bicker constantly and seem completely unnatural on camera.
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The family bickers as only a Southern family can, mentioning every slight and insult that has occurred over the past 80 years.
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The three bicker for a while, then make the mistake of telling Arie their respective sides of the story.
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Origin and Etymology of bicker
Middle English biker
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First Known Use: 14th century
in the meaning defined at sense 1
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Synonyms
altercation, argument, battle royal, brawl, controversy, cross fire, disagreement, dispute, donnybrook, falling-out, fight, hassle, imbroglio, misunderstanding, quarrel, rhubarb, row, scrap, spat, squabble, tiff, wrangle;
Related Words
clash, run-in, skirmish, tangle, tussle;
attack, contention, dissension (also dissention);
debate, difference, disputation;
fuss, objection, protest, protestation;
fisticuffs, fracas, fray, free-for-all, melee (also mêlée);
Definition of bicker
bickered;
bickering
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\ˈbi-k(ə-)riŋ\
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: to engage in a petulant or petty quarrel
- bickering over money
Examples of bicker in a Sentence
She is always bickering with her mother.
They bickered about how to decorate the room.
Recent Examples of bicker from the Web
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Michael Bronner, a marketing executive who lives in Brookline, was bickering with his 13-year-old son, Nicky, about the chemicals in some of the popular candy brands.
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Then a living room set appears, and the hard-working, lightly bickering Gloria and Emilio exhort their child to do his homework.
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Carrie and her mother were known for their symbiotic, bickering relationship, one that sometimes drove Carrie crazy.
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Canada and Mexico, arguably our most important allies, are bickering with us over the North American Free Trade Agreement.
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This statement is the Royal equivalent of pulling over on the side of the road to yell at the kids bickering in the backseat.
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This still doesn't stop David and Jordan from bickering so Becca finally calls it: David should go home.
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But, like a bickering family in a photo studio, the three countries managed enough of a show of affection to be granted the right to co-host one of the world’s biggest sporting events.
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As world leaders bickered all weekend, people like Jim Knott Jr. grew more worried about simply paying the bills.
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First Known Use of bicker
15th century
BICKER Defined for English Language Learners
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Definition of bicker for English Language Learners
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: to argue in a way that is annoying about things that are not important
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Definition of bicker for Students
bickered;
bickering
: to quarrel in an irritating way especially over unimportant things
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