squab·ble
verb/ˈskwɒbl/
/ˈskwɑːbl/
[intransitive]Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they squabble | /ˈskwɒbl/ /ˈskwɑːbl/ |
| he / she / it squabbles | /ˈskwɒblz/ /ˈskwɑːblz/ |
| past simple squabbled | /ˈskwɒbld/ /ˈskwɑːbld/ |
| past participle squabbled | /ˈskwɒbld/ /ˈskwɑːbld/ |
| -ing form squabbling | /ˈskwɒblɪŋ/ /ˈskwɑːblɪŋ/ |
- squabble (with somebody) (about/over something) to argue noisily about something that is not very important
（为小事）争吵，发生口角 - My sisters were squabbling over what to watch on TV.
我的姐妹正为看哪个电视节目争吵。
Word Originearly 17th cent.: probably imitative; compare with Swedish dialect skvabbel ‘a dispute’. - My sisters were squabbling over what to watch on TV.