[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

squabble \squab"ble\ skwo^b"b'l, v. i. imp.  p. p.
   squabbled -b'ld; p. pr.  vb. n. squabbling
   -bli^ng. cf. dial. sw. skvabbel a dispute, skvappa to
   chide.
   1. to contend for superiority in an unseemly manner; to
      scuffle; to struggle; to wrangle; to quarrel.
      1913 webster

   2. to debate peevishly; to dispute.
      1913 webster

            the sense of these propositions is very plain,
            though logicians might squabble a whole day whether
            they should rank them under negative or affirmative.
                                                  --i. watts.
      1913 webster

   syn: to dispute; contend; scuffle; wrangle; quarrel;
        struggle.
        1913 webster
see also:
squabbled squabbling 

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