bicker – English verb conjugation

English verb forms of bicker

Nominal Forms

Infinitive: to bicker
Participle: bickered
Gerund: bickering

Cognates

-

Indicative

Present

Ibicker
youbicker
he;she;itbickers
webicker
youbicker
theybicker

Perfect

Ihave bickered
youhave bickered
he;she;ithas bickered
wehave bickered
youhave bickered
theyhave bickered

Past

Ibickered
youbickered
he;she;itbickered
webickered
youbickered
theybickered

Pluperfect

Ihad bickered
youhad bickered
he;she;ithad bickered
wehad bickered
youhad bickered
theyhad bickered

Future

Iwill bicker
youwill bicker
he;she;itwill bicker
wewill bicker
youwill bicker
theywill bicker

Future Perfect

Iwill have bickered
youwill have bickered
he;she;itwill have bickered
wewill have bickered
youwill have bickered
theywill have bickered

Subjunctive

Present

Ibicker
youbicker
he;she;itbicker
webicker
youbicker
theybicker

Perfect

Ihave bickered
youhave bickered
he;she;ithave bickered
wehave bickered
youhave bickered
theyhave bickered

Imperfect

Ibickered
youbickered
he;she;itbickered
webickered
youbickered
theybickered

Pluperfect

Ihad bickered
youhad bickered
he;she;ithad bickered
wehad bickered
youhad bickered
theyhad bickered

Conditional

Present

Iwould bicker
youwould bicker
he;she;itwould bicker
wewould bicker
youwould bicker
theywould bicker

Perfect

Iwould have bickered
youwould have bickered
he;she;itwould have bickered
wewould have bickered
youwould have bickered
theywould have bickered

Imperative

youbicker
weLet's bicker
youbicker

Progressive (Continuous) Forms

Indicative

Present

Iam bickering
youare bickering
he;she;itis bickering
weare bickering
youare bickering
theyare bickering

Perfect

Ihave been bickering
youhave been bickering
he;she;ithas been bickering
wehave been bickering
youhave been bickering
theyhave been bickering

Past

Iwas bickering
youwere bickering
he;she;itwas bickering
wewere bickering
youwere bickering
theywere bickering

Pluperfect

Ihad been bickering
youhad been bickering
he;she;ithad been bickering
wehad been bickering
youhad been bickering
theyhad been bickering

Future

Iwill be bickering
youwill be bickering
he;she;itwill be bickering
wewill be bickering
youwill be bickering
theywill be bickering

Future Perfect

Iwill have been bickering
youwill have been bickering
he;she;itwill have been bickering
wewill have been bickering
youwill have been bickering
theywill have been bickering

Conditional

Present

Iwould be bickering
youwould be bickering
he;she;itwould be bickering
wewould be bickering
youwould be bickering
theywould be bickering

Perfect

Iwould have been bickering
youwould have been bickering
he;she;itwould have been bickering
wewould have been bickering
youwould have been bickering
theywould have been bickering

Other

Verbs conjugated like 'bicker'

abandon, abduct, abear, aberr, abject, abord, abort, abound, abraid, abray, abrook, abscind, abscond, absist, absorb, abstain, abstract, accend, accent, accept, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)

Verbs similar to 'bicker'

dicker, nicker, sicker, yicker, bigger, bike, binner, birken, bitter, blicken,

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

To quarrel in a tiresome, insulting manner.
squabble
quarrel
wrangle, argue, squabble, dispute

Antonyms

quarrel
peace, amity, pleasantry, friendliness

Additional Information

Phrasal Verbs

Etymology

1. 1297, "a skirmish, fight," bikern, probably from M.Du. bicken "to slash, stab, attack," + -er, M.E. frequentative suffix. Meaning "quarrel" is from 1330.
2. Etymology tree
3. Proto-Indo-European *bʰeg-der.
4. Proto-Germanic *bikjaną
5. Proto-West Germanic *bikkjan
6. Old Dutch *bikken
7. Middle Dutch bickenbor.
8. Proto-Germanic *-urōną
9. Proto-West Germanic *-urōn
10. Old English -erian
11. Middle English -eren
12. Middle English bikeren
13. English bicker
14. From Middle English bikeren (“to attack”), from Middle Dutch bicken (“to stab, thrust, attack”) + -er (frequentative suffix), from Old Dutch *bikken, from Proto-West Germanic *bikkjan, from Proto-Germanic *bikjaną, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰeg- (“to smash, break”).
15. See also Old English becca (“pickax”), Dutch bikken (“to hack”), German picken (“to peck, pick at”), Old Norse bikkja (“to plunge into water”); compare also German Low German bickern (“to nibble, gnaw”). See: Proto-Germanic '*bikjaną', Dutch 'bikken', German, old spelling 'picken'.

Sample Sentences

  • They bickered about dinner every evening.
  • petty things about which men cark and bicker [a. 1678 (date written), Isaac Barrow, “(please specify the chapter name or sermon number)”, in The Works of Dr. Isaac Barrow. […], volume (please specify |volume=I to VII), London: A[braham] J[ohn] Valpy, […], published 1830–1831, →OCLC:]
  • Travelling with their granny, who seems more interested in her crossword puzzle than them, they bicker and fight in a futile bid to get her attention. Oh, the joys of travelling during the school holidays! [2022 November 16, Paul Bigland, “From rural branches to high-speed arteries”, in RAIL, number 970, page 55:]
  • Mean time unnumber'd glittering Streamlets play'd, / And hurled every-where their Waters ſheen; / That, as they bicker'd through the ſunny Glade, / Though reſtleſs ſtill themſelves, a lulling Murmur made. [1748, James Thomson, “Canto I”, in The Castle of Indolence: […], London: […] A[ndrew] Millar, […], →OCLC, stanza III, page 2:]
  • I come from haunts of coot and hern, / I make a sudden sally, / And sparkle out among the fern, / To bicker down a valley. [1886, Tennyson, The Brook:]
  • And at the field fought before Bebriacum, ere the battailes joyned, tvvo Ægles had a conflict and bickered together in all their fights: and vvhen the one of them was foyled and overcome, a third came at the very inſtant from the ſunne riſing and chaſed the Victreſſe avvay. [1606, Caius [i.e., Gaius] Suetonius Tranquillus, “The Historie of Flavius Vespatianus Augustus”, in Philêmon Holland, transl., The Historie of Twelve Cæsars Emperours of Rome. […], London: […] [Humphrey Lownes and George Snowdon] for Matthew Lownes, →OCLC, section 5, page 243:]