quibble

['kwɪbl] брит. / амер.

гл.
1. препираться, спорить по мелочам, придираться
2. редк. уклоняться от сути вопроса с помощью словесных уловок
3. уст. играть словами; каламбурить
сущ.
1. мелкое, несущественное замечание; придирка
2. словесная уловка
3. уст. игра слов; каламбур

Examples from texts

“Well, we won’t quibble about the word. What did she say?”
— Ну, не будем спорить из-за слов. Так что же она все-таки сказала?
Mitchell, Margaret / Gone with the windМитчелл, Маргарет / Унесенные ветром. Том 2
Унесенные ветром. Том 2
Митчелл, Маргарет
© Перевод. Т. Кудрявцева, 1982
Gone with the wind
Mitchell, Margaret
© 1936 By Macmillan Publishing Company, a division of Macmillan. Inc
© renewed 1964 by Stephens Mitchell and Trust Compnay of Ceorgia as Executors of Margaret Mitchell Marsh.
© renewed by Stephens Mitchell

Don't let him evade you or quibble or stand on his rights as a private citizen or a public officer.
Не давайте им улизнуть; не позволяйте им морочить вам голову, прикрываясь громкими фразами насчет свободы личности и всяких там прав и обязанностей должностных лиц.
Dreiser, Theodore / The TitanДрайзер, Теодор / Титан
Титан
Драйзер, Теодор
© Издательство "Правда", 1981
The Titan
Dreiser, Theodore
© 1914 by JOHN LANE COMPANY

"To the lay person, this may sound like a quibble, but to a space physicist, it is almost seismic," says Sibeck.
"Для непрофессионала это может выглядеть несущественным, но для космического физика такое сообщение равносильно землетрясению", - говорит Сибек (Sibeck).
© Astrogorizont.com
http://www.astrogorizont.com/ 21.06.2011
© European Space Agency
© 1999–2011, Universe Today
http://www.astrogorizont.com/ 21.06.2011

The troubles of property, the rascality of agents, the quibbles of lawyers, are endless!
Боже мой, какая докука все эти деловые заботы, недобросовестность управляющих, крючкотворство адвокатов!
Thackeray, William Makepeace / The memoirs of Barry Lyndon, esq: written by himselfТеккерей, Уильям Мейкпис / Записки Барри Линдона, эсквайра, писанные им самим
Записки Барри Линдона, эсквайра, писанные им самим
Теккерей, Уильям Мейкпис
© Издательство "Художественная литература", 1975
The memoirs of Barry Lyndon, esq: written by himself
Thackeray, William Makepeace
© 2006 Adamant Media Corporation

She had a passion for catching at words, pouncing on contradictions, quibbling over phrases.
У нее была какая-то страсть - ловить всех на слове, уличать в противоречии, придираться к фразе.
Чехов, А.П. / Учитель словесностиChekhov, A. / The teacher of literature
The teacher of literature
Chekhov, A.
© 1999 by Random House, Inc.
Учитель словесности
Чехов, А.П.
© Издательство "Наука", 1974

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'kwɪblVerbпрепираться; спорить по мелочам; придиратьсяExamples

If you're satisfied with the contract, why are you quibbling about the exact hours of work? — Если контракт тебя устраивает, зачем ты препираешься по поводу уточнения часов работы?

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quibble

verb

Basic forms
Past	quibbled
Imperative	quibble
Present Participle (Participle I)	quibbling
Past Participle (Participle II)	quibbled

Present Indefinite, Active Voice
I quibble	we quibble
you quibble	you quibble
he/she/it quibbles	they quibble

Present Continuous, Active Voice
I am quibbling	we are quibbling
you are quibbling	you are quibbling
he/she/it is quibbling	they are quibbling

Present Perfect, Active Voice
I have quibbled	we have quibbled
you have quibbled	you have quibbled
he/she/it has quibbled	they have quibbled

Present Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I have been quibbling	we have been quibbling
you have been quibbling	you have been quibbling
he/she/it has been quibbling	they have been quibbling

Past Indefinite, Active Voice
I quibbled	we quibbled
you quibbled	you quibbled
he/she/it quibbled	they quibbled

Past Continuous, Active Voice
I was quibbling	we were quibbling
you were quibbling	you were quibbling
he/she/it was quibbling	they were quibbling

Past Perfect, Active Voice
I had quibbled	we had quibbled
you had quibbled	you had quibbled
he/she/it had quibbled	they had quibbled

Past Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I had been quibbling	we had been quibbling
you had been quibbling	you had been quibbling
he/she/it had been quibbling	they had been quibbling

Future Indefinite, Active Voice
I shall/will quibble	we shall/will quibble
you will quibble	you will quibble
he/she/it will quibble	they will quibble

Future Continuous, Active Voice
I shall/will be quibbling	we shall/will be quibbling
you will be quibbling	you will be quibbling
he/she/it will be quibbling	they will be quibbling

Future Perfect, Active Voice
I shall/will have quibbled	we shall/will have quibbled
you will have quibbled	you will have quibbled
he/she/it will have quibbled	they will have quibbled

Future Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I shall/will have been quibbling	we shall/will have been quibbling
you will have been quibbling	you will have been quibbling
he/she/it will have been quibbling	they will have been quibbling

Future in the Past Indefinite, Active Voice
I should/would quibble	we should/would quibble
you would quibble	you would quibble
he/she/it would quibble	they would quibble

Future in the Past Continuous, Active Voice
I should/would be quibbling	we should/would be quibbling
you would be quibbling	you would be quibbling
he/she/it would be quibbling	they would be quibbling

Future in the Past Perfect, Active Voice
I should/would have quibbled	we should/would have quibbled
you would have quibbled	you would have quibbled
he/she/it would have quibbled	they would have quibbled

Future in the Past Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I should/would have been quibbling	we should/would have been quibbling
you would have been quibbling	you would have been quibbling
he/she/it would have been quibbling	they would have been quibbling

Present Indefinite, Passive Voice
I am quibbled	we are quibbled
you are quibbled	you are quibbled
he/she/it is quibbled	they are quibbled

Present Continuous, Passive Voice
I am being quibbled	we are being quibbled
you are being quibbled	you are being quibbled
he/she/it is being quibbled	they are being quibbled

Present Perfect, Passive Voice
I have been quibbled	we have been quibbled
you have been quibbled	you have been quibbled
he/she/it has been quibbled	they have been quibbled

Past Indefinite, Passive Voice
I was quibbled	we were quibbled
you were quibbled	you were quibbled
he/she/it was quibbled	they were quibbled

Past Continuous, Passive Voice
I was being quibbled	we were being quibbled
you were being quibbled	you were being quibbled
he/she/it was being quibbled	they were being quibbled

Past Perfect, Passive Voice
I had been quibbled	we had been quibbled
you had been quibbled	you had been quibbled
he/she/it had been quibbled	they had been quibbled

Future Indefinite, Passive Voice
I shall/will be quibbled	we shall/will be quibbled
you will be quibbled	you will be quibbled
he/she/it will be quibbled	they will be quibbled

Future Perfect, Passive Voice
I shall/will have been quibbled	we shall/will have been quibbled
you will have been quibbled	you will have been quibbled
he/she/it will have been quibbled	they will have been quibbled

quibble

noun

	Singular	Plural
Common case	quibble	quibbles
Possessive case	quibble's	quibbles'

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