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Quibbling
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.

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- 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...
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- opponent's thesis, such means as quibbling, illegitimate rejoinders and any kind of clincher. Three kinds of quibbling are listed, twenty-four kinds of...
- 2011 an Internet Draft explored various alternatives for hextet such as quibble, short for "quad nibble". In response to this draft, author Trefor Davies...
- Charles Short. A Latin Dictionary on ****us Project. "The Curious and Quibbling History of "Syllabus" (part 2)". Epekteinomene. 23 July 2010. Retrieved...
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