English-Thai Dictionary

bicker

VI โต้เถียง  squabble to-tiang

 

bicker about

PHRV ทะเลาะ กัน เรื่อง  เถียง กัน ใน เรื่อง  quarrel about tha-lor-kan-rueang

 

bicker over

PHRV ทะเลาะ กัน เรื่อง  เถียง กัน ใน เรื่อง  quarrel about tha-lor-kan-rueang

 

bickering

N การ ทะเลาะเบาะแว้ง 

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

BICKER

v.i. 1. To skirmish; to fight off and on; that is, to make repeated attacks. [But in this sense I believe rarely used. ]
2. To quarrel; to contend in words; to scold; to contend in petulant altercation. [This is the usual signification. ]
3. To move quickly; to quiver; to be tremulous, like flame or water; as the bickering flame; the bickering stream.

 

BICKERER

n.One who bickers, or engages in a petty quarrel.

 

BICKERING

ppr. Quarreling; contending; quivering.

 

BICKERMENT

n.Contention. [Not used. ]

 

BICKERN

n.An iron ending in a beak or point.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

BICKER

Bick "er, n. Etym: [See Beaker. ]

 

Defn: A small wooden vessel made of staves and hoops, like a tub. [Prov. Eng. ]

 

BICKER

Bick "er, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Bickered; p. pr. & vb. n. Bickering. ]Etym: [OE. bikeren, perh. fr. Celtic; cf. W. bicra to fight, bicker, bicre conflict, skirmish; perh. akin to E. beak. ]

 

1. To skirmish; to exchange blows; to fight. [Obs. ] Two eagles had a conflict, and bickered together. Holland.

 

2. To contend in petulant altercation; to wrangle. Petty things about which men cark and bicker. Barrow.

 

3. To move quickly and unsteadily, or with a pattering noise; to quiver; to be tremulous, like flame. They [streamlets ] bickered through the sunny shade. Thomson.

 

BICKER

BICKER Bick "er, n.

 

1. A skirmish; an encounter. [Obs. ]

 

2. A fight with stones between two parties of boys. [Scot. ] Jamieson.

 

3. A wrangle; also, a noise, , as in angry contention.

 

BICKERER

BICKERER Bick "er *er, n.

 

Defn: One who bickers.

 

BICKERING

BICKERING Bick "er *ing, n.

 

1. A skirmishing. "Frays and bickerings." Milton.

 

2. Altercation; wrangling.

 

BICKERMENT

BICKERMENT Bick "er *ment, n.

 

Defn: Contention. [Obs. ] Spenser.

 

BICKERN

Bick "ern, n. Etym: [F. bigorne. See Bicorn. ]

 

Defn: An anvil ending in a beak or point (orig. in two beaks ); also, the beak or horn itself.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

bicker

bick er |ˈbikər ˈbɪkər | ▶verb [ no obj. ] 1 argue about petty and trivial matters: whenever the phone rings, they bicker over who must answer it | (as noun bickering ) : the constant bickering between Edgar and his mother. 2 literary (of water ) flow or fall with a gentle repetitive noise; patter: against the glass the rain did beat and bicker. • (of a flame or light ) flash, gleam, or flicker: the restless wheels whose flashing spokes bicker and burn. ORIGIN Middle English: of unknown origin.

 

Oxford Dictionary

bicker

bicker |ˈbɪkə | ▶verb [ no obj. ] 1 argue about petty and trivial matters: couples who bicker over who gets what from the divorce. 2 literary (of water ) flow or fall with a gentle repetitive noise; patter. • (of a flame or light ) flash, gleam, or flicker. DERIVATIVES bickerer noun ORIGIN Middle English: of unknown origin.

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

bicker

bicker verb they never bickered before they were married: quarrel, argue, squabble, wrangle, fight, disagree, dispute, spar, have words, be at each other's throats, lock horns; informal scrap, spat. ANTONYMS agree.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

bicker

bicker verb couples who bicker over who gets what from the divorce: squabble, argue; quarrel, wrangle, fight, fall out, have a disagreement, disagree, dispute, spar, bandy words, have words, be at each other's throats, lock horns; informal scrap, argufy, have a tiff, have a spat, spat; Brit. informal row, have a row, have a barney; archaic altercate, chop logic. ANTONYMS agree. CHOOSE THE RIGHT WORD bicker, quarrel, argue, wrangle, dispute See quarrel . These notes show fine distinctions in meaning between closely related synonyms to help you find the best word.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

bicker

bick er /bɪ́kə r /動詞 自動詞 1 【ささいな事で /人と 】言い争う «over , about /with » .2 ｟詩 ｠〈水が 〉さらさら流れる, ぽつぽつ降る ; 〈光が 〉ちかちかする .名詞 U ぶつぶつ言うこと, 言い争い .～ing /-rɪŋ /名詞 U いさかい, 口論 .