1
: petulant quarreling : altercation
2
: a sound of or as if of bickering
Examples of bicker in a Sentence
Noun
after a prolonged bicker, they finally managed to find a movie that both of them were interested in seeing
Verb
She is always bickering with her mother.
They bickered about how to decorate the room.
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Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 24 Apr. 2025
Better to follow the West German example and achieve full NATO membership for independent Ukraine than to watch essential U.S. support dwindle as Congress bickers and Trump’s reelection odds increase.
—M. E. Sarotte, Foreign Affairs, 8 July 2024
CBS News, 11 June 2025
Vance memes, framing the vice president as the troubled child of bickering parents.
—Dani Di Placido, Forbes.com, 6 June 2025
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Noun
The Hussein family bickers about which MENA ethnicities are better than others.
—Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 24 Apr. 2025
Better to follow the West German example and achieve full NATO membership for independent Ukraine than to watch essential U.S. support dwindle as Congress bickers and Trump’s reelection odds increase.
—M. E. Sarotte, Foreign Affairs, 8 July 2024
Verb
In 2012, surviving members of the Beach Boys reunited for a 50th anniversary album, which quickly hit the Top 10 before the group again bickered and separated.
—CBS News, 11 June 2025
Vance memes, framing the vice president as the troubled child of bickering parents.
—Dani Di Placido, Forbes.com, 6 June 2025
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“Bicker.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bicker. Accessed 2 Jul. 2025.
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