: a noisy altercation or quarrel usually over petty matters
Examples of squabble in a Sentence
Noun
frightened by noise of the squabble, the cat hid under the couch
Verb
The children were squabbling over the toys.
the children squabbled loudly over who got to play with the toy first
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Caroline Blair, People.com, 3 May 2025
A day head on every deck, modular furniture manufactured in-house by Bilgin, and details like two pop-up televisions in the main salon to prevent squabbles between younger guests.
—Julia Zaltzman, Robb Report, 30 Apr. 2025
Adam B. Vary, Variety, 13 May 2025
If the reports are true that the Avs and Rantanen were squabbling over a $500,000 difference in annual salary, then C-Mac and Super Joe might’ve just kissed the rest of MacKinnon’s career peak goodbye.
—Sean Keeler, Denver Post, 7 May 2025
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Noun
Rice’s attorney argued that prosecutors were unable to prove Rice’s whereabouts at the time of the murder and that their roommate squabbles were not significant enough for Rice to kill her.
—Caroline Blair, People.com, 3 May 2025
A day head on every deck, modular furniture manufactured in-house by Bilgin, and details like two pop-up televisions in the main salon to prevent squabbles between younger guests.
—Julia Zaltzman, Robb Report, 30 Apr. 2025
Verb
Gilroy drew upon his lifelong study of historical revolutions to inform the show’s interweaving storylines of payroll heists and gulag escapes, street riots and false flag operations, squabbling freedom fighters and pitiless secret police.
—Adam B. Vary, Variety, 13 May 2025
If the reports are true that the Avs and Rantanen were squabbling over a $500,000 difference in annual salary, then C-Mac and Super Joe might’ve just kissed the rest of MacKinnon’s career peak goodbye.
—Sean Keeler, Denver Post, 7 May 2025
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“Squabble.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/squabble. Accessed 17 May. 2025.
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squabble
1 of 2 noun
squab·ble
ˈskwäb-əl 
: a noisy quarrel usually over unimportant things
squabble
2 of 2 verb
squabbled; squabbling
ˈskwäb-(ə-)liŋ
: to quarrel noisily for little or no reason : wrangle
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