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ลองค้นหาคำในรูปแบบอื่น ๆ เพื่อให้ได้ผลลัพธ์มากขึ้นหรือน้อยลง: -quib-, *quib*
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ตัวอย่างประโยคจาก Tanaka JP-EN Corpus
quibLet's not quibble over trivial matters.

The Collaborative International Dictionary of English (GCIDE) v.0.53
Quib

n. [ Cf. Quip. ] A quip; a gibe. [ 1913 Webster ]

Quibble

n. [ Probably fr. quib, quip, but influenced by quillet, or quiddity. ] 1. A shift or turn from the point in question; a trifling or evasive distinction; an evasion; a cavil. [ 1913 Webster ]

Quibbles have no place in the search after truth. I. Watts. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A pun; a low conceit. [ 1913 Webster ]

Quibble

v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Quibbled p. pr. & vb. n. Quibbling ] 1. To evade the point in question by artifice, play upon words, caviling, or by raising any insignificant or impertinent question or point; to trifle in argument or discourse; to equivocate. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To pun; to practice punning. Cudworth. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- To cavil; shuffle; equivocate; trifle. [ 1913 Webster ]

Quibbler

n. One who quibbles; a caviler; also, a punster. [ 1913 Webster ]

Quibblingly

adv. Triflingly; evasively. [ 1913 Webster ]

WordNet (3.0)
quibble(n) an evasion of the point of an argument by raising irrelevant distinctions or objections, Syn. quiddity, cavil
quibble(v) evade the truth of a point or question by raising irrelevant objections
quibble(v) argue over petty things, Syn. squabble, pettifog, niggle, bicker, brabble, Example: Let's not quibble over pennies
quibbler(n) a disputant who quibbles; someone who raises annoying petty objections, Syn. caviler, caviller, pettifogger

German-English: TU-Chemnitz DING Dictionary
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