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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Kate Erbland, IndieWire, 24 Oct. 2025
In a lengthy scene in the desert, the camera pans to each character, isolating them or putting them in pairings to argue, bicker, and reveal themselves.
—Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 14 Oct. 2025
Ben Croll, Variety, 11 Oct. 2025
Roberts and Tim Robbins play American journalists in Paris who lose their luggage and bicker over a hotel room and then wind up in bed together.
—Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 10 Oct. 2025
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Noun
Of course, some of those party guests already know each other, like Morgan, Sasha, and Esther, and the latter two bicker beforehand about how to best approach the Morgan-sized elephant in the room.
—Kate Erbland, IndieWire, 24 Oct. 2025
In a lengthy scene in the desert, the camera pans to each character, isolating them or putting them in pairings to argue, bicker, and reveal themselves.
—Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 14 Oct. 2025
Verb
The pair bicker and bond their way through the whimsical Panda Kingdom, a vibrant world that blends the everyday with the extraordinary, carrying animals and humans alike into something at once magical and mundane.
—Ben Croll, Variety, 11 Oct. 2025
Roberts and Tim Robbins play American journalists in Paris who lose their luggage and bicker over a hotel room and then wind up in bed together.
—Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 10 Oct. 2025
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“Bicker.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bicker. Accessed 31 Oct. 2025.
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