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bicker

bick·er [ bíkər ] (past and past participle bick·ered, present participle bick·er·ing, 3rd person present singular bick·ers)


intransitive verb 
Definition:
 
argue: to argue in a bad-tempered way about something unimportant

[13th century. < Middle Dutch bicken "stab, attack" + English -er "repeatedly"]
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