quibble
Kelime Anlamı :

1. kelime oyunu.
2. kaçamaklı konuşmak.
3. boşyere tartış.
4. Önemsiz bir mesele üzerinde durmak, önemsiz bir meseleyi tartışmak.
5. ufak itiraz.
6. lafı çevirmek.
7. kaçamaklı cevap vermek.
8. kaçamaklı cevap.
9. kelime oyunu yapmak.
10. kılı kırk yarmak.
Eş Anlamlı Kelimeler :
cavil, dispute, equivocate, evasion, prevaricate, prevarication, pun, shuffle, squabble, trifle
Tanımlar :
1. to evade the truth or importance of an issue by raising trivial distinctions and objections.
2. to find fault or criticize for petty reasons; cavil.
3. A petty distinction or an irrelevant objection.
4. archaic A pun.
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
1. A trivial or minor complaint, objection or argument.
2. to complain or argue in a trivial or petty manner.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
1. A shift or turn from the point in question; a trifling or evasive distinction; an evasion; a cavil.
2. A pun; a low conceit.
3. 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.
4. to pun; to practice punning.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
1. to trifle in argument or discourse; evade the point in question, or the plain truth, by artifice, play upon words, or any conceit; prevaricate.
2. to pun.
3. A start or turn from the point in question, or from plain truth; an evasion; a prevarication.
4. A pun; a trivial conceit.
from The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
1. evade the truth of a point or question by raising irrelevant objections
2. argue over petty things
3. an evasion of the point of an argument by raising irrelevant distinctions or objections
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.