Definition of bickering
: petty and petulant quarreling especially when prolonged or habitual … said his own bosses, through their persistent bickering, had made his job practically impossible. — Ronald Scott; also, plural : instances of such quarreling was tired of listening to their endless bickerings
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First Known Use of bickering
1573
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Definition of bickering
: engaging in or characterized by petty and petulant quarreling a bickering couple bickering politicians
First Known Use of bickering
1811
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