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PETTIFOG

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Irregular inflected forms: pettifogged  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation, pettifogging  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation

 I. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Argue over petty thingsplay

Example:

Let's not quibble over pennies

Synonyms:

bicker; brabble; niggle; pettifog; quibble; squabble

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Hypernyms (to "pettifog" is one way to...):

argue; contend; debate; fence (have an argument about something)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s PP

Derivation:

pettifogger (a disputant who quibbles; someone who raises annoying petty objections)

pettifoggery (a quarrel about petty points)

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