Bicker
Pronunciation : Bick"er
Part of Speech : n.
Etymology : [See Beaker.]
Definition : Defn: A small wooden vessel made of staves and hoops, like a tub. [Prov. Eng.]
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
Pronunciation : Bick"er
Part of Speech : v.
Etymology : [OE. bikeren, perh. fr. Celtic; cf. W. bicra to fight, bicker, bicre conflict, skirmish; perh. akin to E. beak.]
Definition : 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.
i. [imp. & p. p. Bickered; p. pr. & vb. n. Bickering.]
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
Pronunciation : Bick"er
Part of Speech : n.
Definition : 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.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913