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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Noun
As the two team up and prepare to hit the stage — with a cake now decorated with Lili's name — Gary and JoAnne bicker in the audience.—Matt Cabral, Entertainment Weekly, 1 June 2026 In our old travel life, a closed highway might have triggered a stressful bicker-fest over a paper map.—Lauren Brown West-Rosenthal, Parents, 2 Apr. 2026
Verb
While things have calmed over the years, the siblings still bicker and often disagree.—Eva Remijan-Toba, Chicago Tribune, 2 June 2026 While the concrete cured, the starting eight matches of the first-ever World Cup were relocated to Pocitos and Gran Parque Central, the home grounds of capital rivals Peñarol and Nacional, who'd been bickering since their first meeting in July 1900.—Paul Jebara, Condé Nast Traveler, 26 May 2026 See All Example Sentences for bicker