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Word entry · 6 letters

bicker

Best crossword clue

"Argue over trifles"

6 letters · collected on this word page

6 lettersPronunciation /ˈbɪkɚ/Part of speech verb, nounSorted bceikrStarts with BEnds with R1 cluesCommon crossword word
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Definitions

  1. argue over petty things

Word origin

From Middle English bikeren (“to attack”), from Middle Dutch bicken (“to stab, thrust, attack”) + -er (frequentative suffix), from Old Dutch *bikken, from Proto-West Germanic *bikkjan, from Proto-Germanic *bikjaną, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰeg- (“to smash, break”).

Used in a sentence

  • They bickered about dinner every evening.
  • petty things about which men cark and bicker
  • Travelling with their granny, who seems more interested in her crossword puzzle than them, they bicker and fight in a futile bid to get her attention. Oh, the joys of travelling during the school holidays!

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