'Quibble' definitions:
Definition of 'quibble'
From: WordNet
Definition of 'Quibble'
From: GCIDE
- 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. [1913 Webster]
- Quibbles have no place in the search after truth. -- I. Watts. [1913 Webster]
- 2. A pun; a low conceit. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Quibble'
From: GCIDE
- 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. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To pun; to practice punning. --Cudworth. [1913 Webster]
- Syn: To cavil; shuffle; equivocate; trifle. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'quibble'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- adverse criticism,
- animadversion,
- argue,
- argufy,
- around the bush,
- aspersion,
- bad notices,
- bad press,
- bandy words,
- beat about,
- beg the question,
- bicker,
- boggle,
- captiousness,
- carp,
- carping,
- catch at straws,
- cavil,
- caviling,
- censoriousness,
- chicane,
- chop logic,
- choplogic,
- contend,
- contest,
- criticism,
- criticize,
- cross swords,
- cut and thrust,
- cut up,
- discept,
- dispute,
- dodge,
- equivocate,
- equivocation,
- evade,
- evade the issue,
- evasion,
- exception,
- fault-find,
- faultfinding,
- fence,
- find fault,
- flak,
- give and take,
- hair-splitting,
- hairsplitting,
- hassle,
- have it out,
- hedge,
- hit,
- home thrust,
- hostile criticism,
- hypercriticalness,
- hypercriticism,
- imputation,
- jesuitism,
- join issue,
- knock,
- lock horns,
- logomachize,
- moot,
- mystify,
- nagging,
- nicety,
- niggle,
- niggling,
- nit,
- nit-picking,
- nitpick,
- obloquy,
- obscure,
- overcriticalness,
- palter,
- paltering,
- parry,
- pestering,
- pettifog,
- pettifogging,
- pick holes,
- pick nits,
- pick to pieces,
- plead,
- polemicize,
- polemize,
- prevaricate,
- priggishness,
- pull apart,
- pull to pieces,
- pussyfoot,
- quibbling,
- quiddity,
- quillet,
- quip,
- quirk,
- quodlibet,
- rap,
- reflection,
- reproachfulness,
- shift,
- shuffle,
- shy,
- sidestep,
- slam,
- sophism,
- sophistry,
- spar,
- split hairs,
- squabble,
- stricture,
- subtlety,
- swipe,
- take exception,
- take sides,
- taking exception,
- tear apart,
- tear to pieces,
- tergiversate,
- thrash out,
- trichoschistism,
- try conclusions,
- wrangle