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Definition of Quibbles

Quibble
Quibble Quib"ble, n. [Probably fr. quib, quip, but influenced by quillet, or quiddity.] 1. A shift or turn from the point in question; a trifling or evasive distinction; an evasion; a cavil. Quibbles have no place in the search after truth. -- I. Watts. 2. A pun; a low conceit.
Quibble
Quibble Quib"ble, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Quibbled; p. pr. & vb. n. Quibbling.] 1. 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. 2. To pun; to practice punning. --Cudworth. Syn: To cavil; shuffle; equivocate; trifle.

Meaning of Quibbles from wikipedia

- A quibble may refer to: a trivial objection a pun, or play on words Quibble (plot device), in narratology Quibble (computing), a quad nibble This disambiguation...
- conditions of an agreement in order to avoid the intended meaning. Typically quibbles are used in legal bargains and, in fantasy, magically enforced ones (for...
- Quibble Island is a river island in the city of Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India. Prior to British colonization, it was not an island but a network of inter-tidal...
- author may use scare quotes not to convey alarm, but to signal a semantic quibble. Scare quotes may suggest or create a problematization with the words set...
- 2011 an Internet Draft explored various alternatives for hextet such as quibble, short for "quad nibble". In response to this draft, author Trefor Davies...
- original on November 16, 2018. Retrieved September 24, 2019. Giuliano, Mike. "Quibbles aside, a whiz of a 'Wiz'". baltimoresun.com. Retrieved September 24, 2019...
- Luna's father is Xenophilius Lovegood, the editor of the magazine The Quibbler. Luna witnessed the death of her mother when she was nine years old, which...
- Veeranam Vilinjiyambakkam Lake Villivakkam lake Islands Kattupalli Island Quibble Island The Island Zoological parks Arignar Anna Zoological Park Chennai...
- has been ratified by time and by practice, and there is little point in quibbling with it. Of course, the president also takes an oath to support the Constitution...
- adept at, word play as a major feature of their work . Shakespeare's "quibbles" have made him a noted punster. Similarly, P.G. Wodehouse was hailed by...