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   Squab·ble

   /ˈskwäb(ə)l/

   

   noun

   • 1. a noisy quarrel about something petty or trivial: "family squabbles"

   verb

   • 1. quarrel noisily over a trivial matter: "the boys were squabbling over a ball"

   Word Origin early 17th century: probably imitative; compare with Swedish dialect skvabbel ‘a dispute’.

   Derivatives

   • 1. squabbler noun

   Scrabble Points: 21

   • S

     1

   • Q

     10

   • U

     1

   • A

     1

   • B

     3

   • B

     3

   • L

     1

   • E

     1

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