quibble
/ˈkwɪb(ə)l/
US pronunciation
American sound/ˈkwɪb(ə)l/
quibble
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Stress
- 1st syllable stress
- Vowel
- Schwa vowel
- Ending
- Final e often stays silent
quib - ble -> quibble
Myanmar meaning
(n) ကတ်တီးကတ်ဖဲ့ပြောခြင်း။ ကတ်သီးကတ်သတ် အပြစ်ရှာခြင်း။ စကားကတ်ပြောသည်။ အငြင်းပွားသည်။ (v) လှီးလွပြောသည်။
Full entry
ကတ်တီးကတ်ဖဲ့ပြောခြင်း။ ကတ်သီးကတ်သတ် အပြစ်ရှာခြင်း။ quibbles over the exact amount ❍ I only have a few minor quibbles about your essay __ basically it's very good.
v ~ (over/ about/ with sth)
စကားကတ်ပြောသည်။ အငြင်းပွားသည်။ The company should pay up now, and stop quibbling. ❍ 50p isn't worth quibbling about. ❍ She's very efficient __ no one would quibble with that.
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- quibble / 'kwÇbl / n ကတ်တီးကတ်ဖဲ့ပြောခြင်း။ ကတ်သီးကတ်သတ် အပြစ်ရှာခြင်း။ quibbles over the exact amount
- I only have a few minor quibbles about your essay __ basically it's very good. v ~ (over/ about/ with sth) စကားကတ်ပြောသည်။ အငြင်းပွားသည်။ The company should pay up now, and stop quibbling.
- 50p isn't worth quibbling about.
- She's very efficient __ no one would quibble with that.
Synonyms
equivocate, hedge, split hairs, nitpick, cavil, be pedantic, altercate, argue over, argufy, artifice, avoid, bicker, blow hot and cold, carp, catch at straws, chicane, complaint, criticism, criticize, dispute, dodge, duplicity, equivocation, evade, evasion, fence, flip-flop, hair-splitter, hassle, have at it, hem and haw, hypercriticize, make a big thing about, nicety, niggle, nit-pick, nit-picker, objection, paralogize, pettifog, pretend, pretense, prevaricate, prevarication, protest, put up an argument, quiddity, quirk, set to, shift, sophism, spar, squabble, subterfuge, subtlety, talk back, waffle, wrangle
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