noun
- noisy argument about something unimportant
Usage: gerund form
verb
- arguing noisily about something unimportant
Usage: present participle of squabble
Examples
- The children were squabbling over who got the last cookie.
- Stop squabbling and work together on this project.
- Their constant squabbling about minor details delayed the meeting.
- The siblings’ squabbling could be heard from the next room.
- Politicians were squabbling about the budget while important issues went unaddressed.
- The squabbling between the two departments hurt overall productivity.