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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The three bicker for a while, then make the mistake of telling Arie their respective sides of the story.
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But while The Lifespan of a Fact promised to be a serious conversation from two individuals with differing publishing vantage points, the book runs aground as the two bicker over minutiae and appear needlessly belligerent.
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In the final 30 seconds of the video, 14 Taylors standing in front of a private plane bicker with each other using common lines of criticism the superstar has faced throughout her career.
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The city has paid Walker more than $60,000 to sit at home while council members do nothing but draw lines in the sand and bicker.
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Women with families, careers or toxic love interests escape to party, bicker, be united by a common conflict and grow.
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Inevitably, the two bicker, right up to the point when they're abducted, thrown in a car trunk and whisked off to Colombia.
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Clocks shout slogans, lightning taunts thunder, flutes envy cannons, days of the week bicker.
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Gru and Dru bicker but find common cause when Bratt — a petulant, mulleted former 1980s TV child star — leads a giant robot of himself and an army of malevolent flying action figures on an invasion of Hollywood.
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Origin and Etymology of bicker
bicker Synonyms
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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The divided opposition is bickering over whose candidates should step down in local constituencies, in order to unite behind one anti-Fidesz candidate per district.
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Aggressive new ownership and stubborn local government battled and bickered at a time when both the Braves and baseball were heading into dangerous slumps.
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So bicker about the important stuff (and the dumb stuff) and see if that helps.
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To be fair, the emergency-room scenes—wonderfully atmospheric, convincingly detailed, rich in gallows humor and bickering nurses—are among the more realistic portrayals of an ER this viewer has ever seen.
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California Republicans have bickered for years over what direction to turn — toward the political center or to the right.
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The Florida State guards were ferociously bickering after a miscommunication during a timeout on the receiving end of a 17-4 run, trailing by 11 points with 12:50 left in the second half.
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So as politicians bicker over why or how or when to do a carbon tax, look to the universities to help lead the way.
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Remember Laura’s Law, the program to compel treatment of mentally ill people that the Board of Supervisors bickered about for four years?
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First Known Use of bicker
15th century
BICKER Defined for English Language Learners
bicker
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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