Squabble Definition
skwŏbəl
squabbled, squabbles, squabbling
verb
squabbled, squabbling
To quarrel noisily over a small matter; wrangle.
Webster's New World
(printing) To disarrange, so that the letters or lines stand awry and require readjustment.
To squabble type.
Wiktionary
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noun
squabbles
A noisy, petty quarrel or dispute; wrangle.
Webster's New World
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Origin of Squabble
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Probably of North Germanic origin, related to Swedish dialectal skvabbel (“a dispute, quarrel, gossip"), Norwegian dialectal skvabba (“to prattle"), German dialectal schwabbeln (“to babble, prattle"), Swedish dialectal skvappa (“to chide, scold", literally “make a splash").
From Wiktionary
Probably of Scandinavian origin
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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