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to argue about things that are not important: Will you two stop bickering! They're always bickering with each other about/over their personal problems. Synonym. quibble disapproving. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Arguing & disagreeing. agent provocateur. alienated. argue with someone. argumentatively. bone. conflict. flame. hammer.
The meaning of BICKER is petulant quarreling : altercation. How to use bicker in a sentence.
Bicker definition: to engage in petulant or peevish argument; wrangle. See examples of BICKER used in a sentence.
When you bicker, you argue in a petty way, like two kids squabbling in the backseat on a long car trip, or politicians taking cheap shots at each other but avoiding discussion of important issues.
verb. When people bicker, they argue or quarrel about unimportant things. I went into medicine to care for patients, not to waste time bickering over budgets. [V + over/about] The two women bickered constantly. [ plural-noun VERB] ...as states bicker over territory. [V + over/about]
Definition of bicker verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
1. To engage in a bad-tempered quarrel, often in a petty manner over something trivial; squabble. See Synonyms at argue. 2. a. To flicker or glitter: "bicker like a flame" (Robert Browning). b. To move or flow with a rippling or gurgling sound. n. An angry quarrel; a squabble. [Middle English bikeren, to attack .] bick′er·er n.
