use ambiguous language to evade a discussion or argument; make an equivocal comment; make petty criticisms
act of evading a discussion or argument by using ambiguous speech; equivocal statement, ambiguous comment; petty criticism
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Quibble Definition from Language, Idioms & Slang Dictionaries & Glossaries
(v. i.)
To pun; to practice punning.
To pun; to practice punning.
(v. i.)
To evade the point in question by artifice, play upon words, caviling, or by raising any insignificant or impertinent question or point; to trifle in argument or discourse; to equivocate.
To evade the point in question by artifice, play upon words, caviling, or by raising any insignificant or impertinent question or point; to trifle in argument or discourse; to equivocate.
(n.)
A shift or turn from the point in question; a trifling or evasive distinction; an evasion; a cavil.
A shift or turn from the point in question; a trifling or evasive distinction; an evasion; a cavil.
(n.)
A pun; a low conceit.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter. AboutA pun; a low conceit.
quibble
\quib"ble\ (?), n. [probably fr. quib, quip, but influenced by quillet, or quiddity.]
1. a shift or turn from the point in question; a trifling or evasive distinction; an evasion; a cavil. quibbles have no place in the search after truth. -- i. watts.
2. a pun; a low conceit.
quibble
\quib"ble\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. quibbled (?); p. pr. & vb. n. quibbling (?).] 1. to evade the point in question by artifice, play upon words, caviling, or by raising any insignificant or impertinent question or point; to trifle in argument or discourse; to equivocate.
2. to pun; to practice punning.
An utterly trivial distinction or objection
v., i., éirigh argóntach, bheith ag cailicéireacht
Geirdro = n. pun, quibble
Geirdroi = v. to pun, to quibble
Noun
1. an evasion of the point of an argument by raising irrelevant distinctions or objections
(synonym) quiddity, cavil
(hypernym) evasion, equivocation
Verb
1. evade the truth of a point or question by raising irrelevant objections
(hypernym) hedge, fudge, evade, put off, circumvent, parry, elude, skirt, dodge, duck, sidestep
(derivation) quiddity, cavil
2. argue over petty things; "Let's not quibble over pennies"
(synonym) niggle, pettifog, bicker, squabble, brabble
(hypernym) argue, contend, debate, fence
(derivation) quibbler, caviller, caviler, pettifogger
Quibble Definition from Encyclopedia Dictionaries & Glossaries
A quibble may refer to:
- a trivial objection
- a pun, or play on words
- Quibble (plot device), in narratology
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