Definition of quibble

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Quibble (n.) A shift or turn from the point in question; a trifling or evasive distinction; an evasion; a cavil.

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Quibble :: Quibble (n.) A shift or turn from the point in question; a trifling or evasive distinction; an evasion; a cavil.
Quibbler :: Quibbler (n.) One who quibbles; a caviler; also, a punster..
Quibble :: Quibble (v. i.) 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..
Pun :: Pun (n.) A play on words which have the same sound but different meanings; an expression in which two different applications of a word present an odd or ludicrous idea; a kind of quibble or equivocation.
Quillet :: Quillet (n.) Subtilty; nicety; quibble.
Prevaricate :: Prevaricate (v. i.) To shift or turn from one side to the other, from the direct course, or from truth; to speak with equivocation; to shuffle; to quibble; as, he prevaricates in his statement..
Quirk :: Quirk (n.) A smart retort; a quibble; a shallow conceit.
Quibble :: Quibble (n.) A pun; a low conceit.
Quirk :: Quirk (n.) A sudden turn; a starting from the point or line; hence, an artful evasion or subterfuge; a shift; a quibble; as, the quirks of a pettifogger..
Quibble :: Quibble (v. i.) To pun; to practice punning.
Salve :: Salve (n.) To heal; to remedy; to cure; to make good; to soothe, as with an ointment, especially by some device, trick, or quibble; to gloss over..
Hairsplitter :: Hairsplitter (n.) One who makes excessively nice or needless distinctions in reasoning; one who quibbles.
Ambages :: Ambages (n. pl.) A circuit; a winding. Hence: Circuitous way or proceeding; quibble; circumlocution; indirect mode of speech.
Pettifoggery :: Pettifoggery (n.) The practice or arts of a pettifogger; disreputable tricks; quibbles.
Punster :: Punster (n.) One who puns, or is skilled in, or given to, punning; a quibbler; a low wit..
Dodge :: Dodge (v. i.) To evade a duty by low craft; to practice mean shifts; to use tricky devices; to play fast and loose; to quibble.
Quibbled :: Quibbled (imp. & p. p.) of Quibbl.
Prevaricate :: Prevaricate (v. t.) To evade by a quibble; to transgress; to pervert.
Quiddity :: Quiddity (n.) A trifling nicety; a cavil; a quibble.
Pun :: Pun (v. i.) To make puns, or a pun; to use a word in a double sense, especially when the contrast of ideas is ludicrous; to play upon words; to quibble..
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