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quibble

n. வெறுஞ்சொல் வாதம், சொல் விளையாட்டு, இரட்டுற மொழிதல்,(வினை) இரட்டுற மொழி, வெறுஞ் சொல் பற்றி வாதிடு.


Synonyms

#verb shuffle, evade, trifle, cavil, equivocate, prevaricate

Antonyms

#verb reason, argue, enunciate, investigate, discuss

Quib"ble, n. Etym: [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. Quibbles have no place in the search after truth. I. Watts. 2. A pun; a low conceit. Quib"ble, 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. 2. To pun; to practice punning. Cudworth. Syn. -- To cavil; shuffle; equivocate; trifle.


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