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Pronunciation : Quib"ble
Part of Speech : n.
Etymology : [Probably fr. quib, quip, but influenced by quillet, or quiddity.]
Definition : 1. A shift or turn from the point in question; a trifling or evasive distinction; an evasion; a cavil. Quibbles have no place in the search after truth. I. Watts.

2. A pun; a low conceit.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913

Pronunciation : Quib"ble
Part of Speech : v.
Definition : 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.

2. To pun; to practice punning. Cudworth.

Syn. -- To cavil; shuffle; equivocate; trifle.

i. [imp. & p. p. Quibbled; p. pr. & vb. n. Quibbling.]
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913