Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to squabble
Participle: squabbled
Gerund: squabbling
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | squabble |
| you | squabble |
| he;she;it | squabbles |
| we | squabble |
| you | squabble |
| they | squabble |
Perfect
| I | have squabbled |
| you | have squabbled |
| he;she;it | has squabbled |
| we | have squabbled |
| you | have squabbled |
| they | have squabbled |
Past
| I | squabbled |
| you | squabbled |
| he;she;it | squabbled |
| we | squabbled |
| you | squabbled |
| they | squabbled |
Pluperfect
| I | had squabbled |
| you | had squabbled |
| he;she;it | had squabbled |
| we | had squabbled |
| you | had squabbled |
| they | had squabbled |
Future
| I | will squabble |
| you | will squabble |
| he;she;it | will squabble |
| we | will squabble |
| you | will squabble |
| they | will squabble |
Future Perfect
| I | will have squabbled |
| you | will have squabbled |
| he;she;it | will have squabbled |
| we | will have squabbled |
| you | will have squabbled |
| they | will have squabbled |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | squabble |
| you | squabble |
| he;she;it | squabble |
| we | squabble |
| you | squabble |
| they | squabble |
Perfect
| I | have squabbled |
| you | have squabbled |
| he;she;it | have squabbled |
| we | have squabbled |
| you | have squabbled |
| they | have squabbled |
Imperfect
| I | squabbled |
| you | squabbled |
| he;she;it | squabbled |
| we | squabbled |
| you | squabbled |
| they | squabbled |
Pluperfect
| I | had squabbled |
| you | had squabbled |
| he;she;it | had squabbled |
| we | had squabbled |
| you | had squabbled |
| they | had squabbled |
Conditional
Present
| I | would squabble |
| you | would squabble |
| he;she;it | would squabble |
| we | would squabble |
| you | would squabble |
| they | would squabble |
Perfect
| I | would have squabbled |
| you | would have squabbled |
| he;she;it | would have squabbled |
| we | would have squabbled |
| you | would have squabbled |
| they | would have squabbled |
Imperative
| you | squabble |
| we | Let's squabble |
| you | squabble |
Verbs conjugated like 'squabble'
abacinate,
abalienate,
abase,
abate,
abbreviate,
abdicate,
abduce,
aberrate,
aberuncate,
abirritate,
abjudge,
abjudicate,
abjugate,
abjure,
ablactate,
ablaqueate,
able,
ablegate,
abligate,
abnegate, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'squabble'
quibble,
scabble,
scrabble,
snabble,
squattle,
babble,
bedabble,
brabble,
bubble,
crabble,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Synonyms
- to take part in a minor fight or argument
- barney, pettifog, quibble
- To quarrel in a tiresome, insulting manner.
- bicker
- To contend, argue strongly, squabble.
- quarrel
- to bicker, or quarrel angrily and noisily
- wrangle
- To have an argument
- argue
- to quarrel
- tiff
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1. The noun form first appears c. 1602, while the verbal form first appears c. 1616. Probably of North Germanic origin and ultimately imitative.
2. Related to Swedish dialectal skvabbel (“a dispute, quarrel, gossip”), Norwegian dialectal skvabba (“to prattle”), German dialectal schwabbeln (“to babble, prattle”), Swedish dialectal skvappa (“to chide, scold”, literally “make a splash”).
Sample Sentences
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The brothers were always squabbling with each other.
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The sense of these propositions is very plain and easy, though logicians might perhaps squabble a whole day whether they should rank them under negative or affirmative. [1725, Isaac Watts, Logick: Or, The Right Use of Reason in the Enquiry after Truth, […], 2nd edition, London: […] John Clark and Richard Hett, […], Emanuel Matthews, […], and Richard Ford, […], published 1726, →OCLC:]
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to squabble type