as in quarrel
an often noisy or angry expression of differing opinions
after a prolonged bicker, they finally managed to find a movie that both of them were interested in seeing
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as in to argue
to express different opinions about something often angrily
if you two don't stop bickering about where to go to eat, we're not going out at all!
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Recent Examples of bicker
Miles Klee, Rolling Stone, 26 Mar. 2024
Although Newsom sometimes bickers with unions, maintaining a close relationship with labor is imperative for Democratic governors in California.
—Taryn Luna, Los Angeles Times, 9 Aug. 2023
Nick Tabor, Curbed, 11 Apr. 2025
Trump, who appointed Powell during his first term, has long bickered with the Fed chair over interest rates.
—John Towfighi, CNN Money, 21 Apr. 2025
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Noun
In the California mountain hamlet of Dunsmuir (likewise the setting of Hall’s 2022 directorial debut), Sam struggles to sell a house and bickers with a deadbeat husband named Travis, both of them turning to booze to cope.
—Miles Klee, Rolling Stone, 26 Mar. 2024
Although Newsom sometimes bickers with unions, maintaining a close relationship with labor is imperative for Democratic governors in California.
—Taryn Luna, Los Angeles Times, 9 Aug. 2023
Verb
The couple bickered constantly, and Charatan didn’t like Durst’s heavy drinking or his pot smoking.
—Nick Tabor, Curbed, 11 Apr. 2025
Trump, who appointed Powell during his first term, has long bickered with the Fed chair over interest rates.
—John Towfighi, CNN Money, 21 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for bicker
Noun
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Knowing her grandson was outside, Mette called out to the group as the commotion grew, demanding the quarrel stop and for her grandchild to leave, sources said.—
Nicholas Williams,
New York Daily News,
24 Apr. 2025
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This time, however, testimony suggested a thornier layer to the quarrel: Phillip said the family had learned a few years earlier that the older brother was not Ferguson’s biological child.—
Christopher Goffard,
Los Angeles Times,
23 Apr. 2025
Verb
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Ramaphosa and other defenders of the Expropriation Act have argued that the policies are needed to reverse the nation’s apartheid-era legacy of disparities in land ownership.—
Joey Garrison,
USA Today,
11 May 2025
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The same principle can apply in the Read case, where her defense team is arguing off-duty police framed her for the death of her boyfriend, who was also in the local police department.—
Taylor Romine,
CNN Money,
10 May 2025
Noun
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If not, the consumer can file a dispute with the credit card issuer, Kiernan said.—
Betty Lin-Fisher,
USA Today,
16 May 2025
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That transaction resolved a long-running dispute between Dea Spanos Berberian and her siblings as Gores and his wife bought Spanos Berberian’s share of the franchise.—
Houston Mitchell,
Los Angeles Times,
16 May 2025
Verb
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Lawyers for the county are fighting to shield much of the expert testimony from a jury if the case goes to trial.—
Jeff McDonald,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
9 May 2025
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Are Chicago Cubs and Chicago White Sox fans fighting about something again? ...—
Sean Neumann,
People.com,
9 May 2025
Noun
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The pair’s latest dispute centers on deep disagreements over whether to focus on slashing property taxes or sales taxes.—
Emily Hallas,
The Washington Examiner,
8 May 2025
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After two earlier attempts to pass this bill failed because of disagreements about whether confessions should be exempt from reporting mandates, the final version passed during the legislative session this spring.—
Emily Mae Czachor,
CBS News,
8 May 2025
Verb
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The first is that when U.S. soldiers returned from the war there, protesters spat upon them in disdain.—
Jonathan Zimmerman,
Foreign Affairs,
19 May 2016
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The flare comes after nearly a week of flares and coronal plasma ejections spat toward the planet that threatened disruptions to power and communications systems on Earth.—
Greg Wehner,
Fox News,
15 May 2024
Noun
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The jury also saw photos of injuries Ventura sustained from an altercation in December 2011 and photos of her with a black eye mostly concealed by sunglasses in Jamaica in 2013 or 2014.—
Nicki Brown,
CNN Money,
15 May 2025
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In 2012 he was involved in a brawl with Drake and his entourage at a N.Y. nightclub that injured eight people, followed by an altercation with Frank Ocean over a parking space in West Hollywood in 2013.—
Gil Kaufman,
Billboard,
15 May 2025
Verb
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Gilroy drew upon his lifelong study of historical revolutions to inform the show’s interweaving storylines of payroll heists and gulag escapes, street riots and false flag operations, squabbling freedom fighters and pitiless secret police.—
Adam B. Vary,
Variety,
13 May 2025
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If the reports are true that the Avs and Rantanen were squabbling over a $500,000 difference in annual salary, then C-Mac and Super Joe might’ve just kissed the rest of MacKinnon’s career peak goodbye.—
Sean Keeler,
Denver Post,
7 May 2025
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“Bicker.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bicker. Accessed 21 May. 2025.
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