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    bick·er
    [ˈbikər]
    verb
    bicker (verb) · bickers (third person present) · bickered (past tense) · bickered (past participle) · bickering (present participle)
    1. argue about petty and trivial matters:
      "whenever the phone rings, they bicker over who must answer it" · "the constant bickering between Edgar and his mother"
    2. literary
      (of water) flow or fall with a gentle repetitive noise; patter:
      "against the glass the rain did beat and bicker"
      • (of a flame or light) flash, gleam, or flicker:
        "the restless wheels whose flashing spokes bicker and burn"
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    Middle English: of unknown origin.
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    verb
    1. argue about petty and trivial matters:
      squabble
      argue
      quarrel
      wrangle
      fight
      fall out
      disagree
      dispute
      spar
      be at each other's throats
      lock horns
      scrap
      argufy
      spat
      row
      altercate
      chop logic
      have a disagreement
      bandy words
      have words
      have a tiff
      have a spat
      have a row
      have a barney
      Opposite:
      agree
    2. (of water) flow or fall with a gentle repetitive noise; patter:
      pitter-patter
      tap
      drum
      clatter
      beat
      pound
      rattle
      throb
      pulsate
      rat-a-tat
      pit-a-pat
      clack
      click-clack
      thrum
      clacket
      go pit-a-pat
       
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      What is the meaning of bicker?
      To bicker about where, when or why is to diminish their memory. When people bicker, they argue or quarrel about unimportant things. I went into medicine to care for patients, not to waste time bickering over budgets. 3 senses: 1. to argue over petty matters; squabble 2. poetic a. (esp of a stream) to run quickly b. to flicker; glitter 3. a....

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      What does bickered mean in German?
      Compare also German Low German bickern (“to nibble, gnaw”). bicker (third-person singular simple present bickers, present participle bickering, simple past and past participle bickered) To quarrel in a tiresome, insulting manner. They bickered about dinner every evening.

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      What are some examples of bickering?
      1. The team members often bicker about the correct way to approach the project. 2. The politicians continued to bicker about the details of the proposed policy. 3. When they start to bicker about household chores, I always leave the room.

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      How do you deal with bickering?
      Make your expectations around bickering clear. People would openly bicker in the staff room about it. The burial comes after three weeks of bickering over where his remains would be buried. Instead, they bicker and bicker. They began to bicker about who liked animals more. The three men are forced into the same house and bicker constantly.

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      Why do people bicker a lot?
      They bicker and argue and undermine each other. We are not at all alike, and bicker a lot. To bicker about where, when or why is to diminish their memory. When people bicker, they argue or quarrel about unimportant things. I went into medicine to care for patients, not to waste time bickering over budgets.

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      Is bickering a waste of time?
      It's a waste of time to bicker over who did the chores last. The verb 'bicker' has an etymology that traces back to the Middle English word 'bikeren,' which means 'to skirmish' or 'to engage in a petty dispute.' This Middle English term likely has its roots in Old Norse, where 'bikarr' referred to a skirmish or fight.

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