Thesaurus: quibble

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1. n. A shift or turn from the point in question; a trifling or evasive distinction; an evasion; a cavil.
2. n. A pun; a low conceit.
3. 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.
4. v. i. To pun; to practice punning.
5. n. an evasion of the point of an argument by raising irrelevant distinctions or objections
6. v. evade the truth of a point or question by raising irrelevant objections
7. v. argue over petty things
8. 1. A shift or turn from the point in question; a trifling or evasive distinction; an evasion; a cavil. Quibbles have no place in the search after truth. I. Watts. 2. A pun; a low conceit. 1. 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. 2. To pun; to practice punning. Cudworth. Syn. -- To cavil; shuffle; equivocate; trifle.
9. n:33/v:67 n. an evasion of the point of an argument by raising irrelevant distinctions or objections v. evade the truth of a point or question by raising irrelevant objections v. argue over petty things