Meaning & use
Squabbling
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Arguing noisily over a trivial matter.
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The siblings were squabbling over who got the last slice of pizza.
Committee members spent the meeting squabbling instead of making decisions.
A note on using this word
Squabbling implies a petty, often noisy dispute rather than a serious conflict.
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