'Bicker' definitions:
Definition of 'bicker'
(from WordNet)
Definition of 'Bicker'
From: GCIDE
- Bicker \Bick"er\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Bickered; p. pr. & vb. n. Bickering.] [OE. bikeren, perh. fr. Celtic; cf. W. bicra to fight, bicker, bicre conflict, skirmish; perh. akin to E. beak.]
- 1. To skirmish; to exchange blows; to fight. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]
- Two eagles had a conflict, and bickered together. --Holland. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To contend in petulant altercation; to wrangle. [1913 Webster]
- Petty things about which men cark and bicker. --Barrow. [1913 Webster]
- 3. To move quickly and unsteadily, or with a pattering noise; to quiver; to be tremulous, like flame. [1913 Webster]
- They [streamlets] bickered through the sunny shade. --Thomson. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Bicker'
From: GCIDE
- Bicker \Bick"er\, n. [See Beaker.] A small wooden vessel made of staves and hoops, like a tub. [Prov. Eng.] [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Bicker'
From: GCIDE
- Bicker \Bick"er\, n.
- 1. A skirmish; an encounter. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]
- 2. A fight with stones between two parties of boys. [Scot.] --Jamieson. [1913 Webster]
- 3. A wrangle; also, a noise,, as in angry contention. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'bicker'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- altercate,
- argue,
- argufy,
- around the bush,
- bandy words,
- battle,
- beat,
- beat about,
- beg the question,
- bicker over,
- boggle,
- brawl,
- broil,
- caterwaul,
- cavil,
- choplogic,
- clack,
- clatter,
- clitter,
- contend,
- contend about,
- contest,
- cross swords,
- cut and thrust,
- dance,
- differ,
- discept,
- dispute,
- dodge,
- equivocate,
- evade,
- evade the issue,
- fall out,
- fence,
- feud,
- fight,
- fight over,
- flap,
- flick,
- flicker,
- flip,
- flit,
- flite,
- flitter,
- flop,
- flutter,
- give and take,
- go pitapat,
- gutter,
- hassle,
- have it out,
- have words,
- hedge,
- join issue,
- lock horns,
- logomachize,
- moot,
- mystify,
- nitpick,
- obscure,
- palpitate,
- palter,
- parry,
- pettifog,
- pick nits,
- pitter-patter,
- play,
- plead,
- polemicize,
- polemize,
- prevaricate,
- pulse,
- pussyfoot,
- quarrel,
- quarrel over,
- quibble,
- quiver,
- row,
- scrap,
- set to,
- shatter,
- shift,
- shuffle,
- shy,
- sidestep,
- slat,
- spar,
- spat,
- split hairs,
- splutter,
- sputter,
- squabble,
- squabble over,
- take issue with,
- take sides,
- tergiversate,
- thrash out,
- throb,
- tiff,
- try conclusions,
- war,
- wave,
- waver,
- wrangle,
- wrangle over