squabble
skwo buhl
- n a quarrel about petty points
- v argue over petty things
- Rather than squabble unproductively, the brothers, John and Peter parted ways, splitting the family wealth amicably.
- A polite family does not squabble, especially when visitors are at home.
- So the unseemly--and very public--squabble that broke out last week in Washington when the directors of the International Monetary Fund deadlocked over who would become the Fund's .