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bicker

The correct spelling is bicker.

How to pronounce bicker

/ˈbɪkə/
noun

IPA: /ˈbɪkə/

Say it like: Bik-er

The correct spelling is bicker. A skirmish; an encounter. For example: "They bickered about dinner every evening."

Usage Examples

They bickered about dinner every evening.

Meanings

noun

  1. 1.A skirmish; an encounter.
  2. 2.A fight with stones between two parties of boys.
  3. 3.A wrangle; also, a noise, as in angry contention.
  4. 4.The process by which selective eating clubs at Princeton University choose new members.
  5. 5.A wooden drinking-cup or other dish.

verb

  1. 1.To quarrel in a tiresome, insulting manner.
  2. 2.To brawl or move tremulously, quiver, shimmer (of a water stream, light, flame, etc.)
  3. 3.(of rain) To patter.
  4. 4.To skirmish; to exchange blows; to fight.

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