bickering en · ADJ
Meanings
- That bickers; argumentative.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| most bickering | Degree=Sup | lexicographic | |
| more bickering | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic |
Dictionary
Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.
bickering en · NOUN
Meanings
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Petty quarreling.
After Evra was also shown a yellow card following a prolonged bout of bickering which also involved Suarez, Ferguson decided on a double change by replacing Park Ji-sung and Ashley Young with Nani and Rooney.
2011 October 15, Phil McNulty, “Liverpool 1 - 1 Man Utd”, in BBC Sport:Ukrainian intelligence said on Friday that Prigozhin’s public bickering with the army leadership confirmed “their fear of responsibility for the inevitable geopolitical defeat of Moscow”.
2023 May 12, Pjotr Sauer, “Russian troops fall back to ‘defensive positions’ near Bakhmut”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:1820, in Memoirs of John Duke of Marlborough, By William Coxe, Ch.40 heading. Meeting of Parliament. — Choice of a whig Speaker. — Speech from the throne. — Parliamentary proceedings, and party bickerings.
By this time the two companies were beginning to realise that the continual bickering was not doing either of them much good, and the L.Y.R. (like many others) was becoming tired of the dominance of Euston.
1957 October 14, M. D. Greville and G. O. Holt, “Railway Development in Manchester—2”, in Railway Magazine, page 726:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| bickerings | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Translations (18)
es riña (petty quarreling) · hi नोक-झोंक (petty quarreling) · mr भांडण (petty quarreling) · hu civódás (petty quarreling) · sv käbbel (petty quarreling) · fi kiistely (petty quarreling) · fi kinastelu (petty quarreling) · hi कहासुनी (petty quarreling) · ru перебранка (petty quarreling) · txb śalna (petty quarreling) · mr बाचाबाची (petty quarreling) · fr chamaillerie (petty quarreling) · hu pörlekedés (petty quarreling) · de Gezanke (petty quarreling) · mh akwāāl (petty quarreling) · is nagg (petty quarreling) · mr भांडणतंटा (petty quarreling) · hu veszekedés (petty quarreling)
bickering en · VERB
Meanings
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(form-of, gerund, participle, present) present participle and gerund of bicker
form of bicker
Translations (2)
sv käbbla (present participle of bicker) · nl gekrakeel (present participle of bicker)