quibble – מילון אנגלי-אנגלי
מילים נרדפות: evasion,
equivocation,
evade,
elude,
circumvent,
duck,
sidestep,
skirt,
put off,
parry,
fudge,
hedge,
dodge,
fence,
debate,
contend,
argue
quibble
v.
use ambiguous language to evade a discussion or argument; make an equivocal comment; make petty criticisms
n.
act of evading a discussion or argument by using ambiguous speech; equivocal statement, ambiguous comment; petty criticism; something strange, oddity
Quibble
quibble
Noun
1. an evasion of the point of an argument by raising irrelevant distinctions or objections
(synonym) quiddity, cavil
(hypernym) evasion, equivocation
Verb
1. evade the truth of a point or question by raising irrelevant objections
(hypernym) hedge, fudge, evade, put off, circumvent, parry, elude, skirt, dodge, duck, sidestep
(derivation) quiddity, cavil
2. argue over petty things; "Let's not quibble over pennies"
(synonym) niggle, pettifog, bicker, squabble, brabble
(hypernym) argue, contend, debate, fence
(derivation) quibbler, caviller, caviler, pettifogger
quibble
Czas.
spierać się
Rzecz.
drobne zastrzeżenie; mały zarzut
Quibble
(v. i.)
To pun; to practice punning.
(v. i.)
To evade the point in question by artifice, play upon words, caviling, or by raising any insignificant or impertinent question or point; to trifle in argument or discourse; to equivocate.
(n.)
A shift or turn from the point in question; a trifling or evasive distinction; an evasion; a cavil.
(n.)
A pun; a low conceit.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter.
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