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bicker

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intransitive verb

[no object]

1Argue about petty and trivial matters.
‘whenever the phone rings, they bicker over who must answer it’
- ‘the constant bickering between Edgar and his mother’
- ‘They fight and bicker over nothing, over petty cultural differences.’
- ‘Additionally, the two sides routinely bicker over the disputed islands, a supposedly oil-rich area.’
- ‘‘People expect us to do what we can to work together, at least most of the time,’ he added, indicating a bid to stop bickering between rival political factions on the authority.’
- ‘He said: ‘There was bickering between the two companies.’’
- ‘It is now a useless exercise to bicker over who is at fault, but the immediate task is to help rebuild damaged infrastructure and help affected residents recover from the floods.’
- ‘Individual directors may disagree, bicker, dispute, squabble, fight or even disobey the chairman.’
- ‘Two older men bicker over the rules of their game, in which they pit pet crickets against one another in battle.’
- ‘It was sad that the Council had to bicker over who should pay for the work.’
- ‘Put off by bickering between his father and uncle over the family business, Alan went his own way.’
- ‘He rolled his eyes and turned on the radio effectively stopping any more bickering between us.’
- ‘I've counseled both of them separately, but it hasn't seemed to have done much good, as the two of them continue to bicker over things that would normally be shrugged off.’
- ‘But regardless of endless Government and opposition bickering on the matter - or maybe because of it - there is still a huge amount of public apathy on this referendum.’
- ‘The eccentric singer says he has a wonderful relationship with his lover of 11 years, but they love bickering and even argue over who gets to sit where.’
- ‘Think of those you love and don't spend what may be your last days bickering about petty things.’
- ‘In what looks like an average onstage dissection of a relationship, a boyfriend and girlfriend who live together bicker and spar over trivialities.’
- ‘We never got along with one another and were frequently bickering and arguing.’
- ‘Brothers are meant to bicker, no matter how old they are.’
- ‘Jerry was left staring at his parents, who continued to bicker and argue.’
- ‘This year there isn't going to be any more squabbling, no more bickering, no more fighting..’
- ‘‘Enough of the petty bickering you two,’ the blonde woman said playfully.’
squabble, argue
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2 literary (of water) flow or fall with a gentle repetitive noise; patter.
‘against the glass the rain did beat and bicker’
- ‘The sound of rain bickering outside his window was driving him crazy.’
- ‘The sound of water bickering down the winding way of a stream gave life and coolness to the warm silence.’
- ‘A path led in the foot of it, the water bickered and sang in the midst.’
- ‘I remember lying on the coping of a stone bridge over the water of Teviot, admiring the green-brown tint of the swift stream bickering over the stones.’
- ‘Now the sun lay softly upon it, and a stream bickered through a glade, and now the path lay through thickets, which hid the further woodland from view.’
pitter-patter, tap, drum, clatter, beat, pound, rattle, throb, pulsate, rat-a-tat, go pit-a-pat, pit-a-pat, clack, click-clack, thrum
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1. 2.1(of a flame or light) flash, gleam, or flicker.
  ‘the restless wheels whose flashing spokes bicker and burn’
  ‘How the flame bickers, and quivers, and flickers, darting its eager tongues about!’
  ‘In one or two instances there has appeared, when the light was totally excluded, a faint lambent flame bickering over them.’
  ‘And a wood-fire bickered on the iron-work fire-back, under whose oak over-mantel Sir Philip sat with us ten minutes, then took himself away into his own sequestered nook of the house.’
  ‘At last the end came; the light bickered for a moment, flared up for the last time, and then went out.’