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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Emlyn Travis, Entertainment Weekly, 6 Oct. 2025
The Hussein family bickers about which MENA ethnicities are better than others.
—Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 24 Apr. 2025
Garret Martin, The Conversation, 2 Oct. 2025
In recent years, the companies have bickered about the rise of streaming services, in which the media companies are investing billions of dollars and which lure away cable and satellite customers.
—Brian Steinberg, Variety, 26 Sep. 2025
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Noun
The hilarious sketch saw Thompson, Morgan, Fred Armisen, Michaela Watkins, and Kristen Wiig bicker at the Hot Topics table over a collection of political headlines, with Morgan's Shepherd visibly confused by what the words 'Eeyore' and 'research' meant.
—Emlyn Travis, Entertainment Weekly, 6 Oct. 2025
The Hussein family bickers about which MENA ethnicities are better than others.
—Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 24 Apr. 2025
Verb
That gave Congress more power but also offered it more opportunities to bicker and derail the budgetary process.
—Garret Martin, The Conversation, 2 Oct. 2025
In recent years, the companies have bickered about the rise of streaming services, in which the media companies are investing billions of dollars and which lure away cable and satellite customers.
—Brian Steinberg, Variety, 26 Sep. 2025
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“Bicker.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bicker. Accessed 9 Oct. 2025.
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