English-Dutch translations for quibble

• bedillen
• haarkloverij
  Het is geen haarkloverij maar een serieuze kwestie en daarom zouden we bij de stemming in ieder geval een moment moeten aarzelen. It is not a quibble, either, but a serious question, and it should at least make us hesitate for a moment when we come to vote.
• kibbelen
• muggenziften
  Daarom moet men niet gaan muggenziften over termijnen, want deze Europese onderwijsruimte bestaat reeds in de dagelijkse praktijk. There is thus no need to quibble about terms, since reality tells us that this European educational area already exists in practical everyday terms.

Definition of quibble

• A pun.
• An objection or argument based on an ambiguity of wording or similar trivial circumstance; a minor complaint.
• To complain or argue in a trivial or petty manner

Examples

• He harped on his quibble about how the dark red paint should be described as carmine rather than burgundy
• They are constantly quibbling over insignificant details.

Related words

• quibbler
• quibbling
• squibbling
• to quibble