A minor fight or argument.
The children got into a squabble about who should ride in the front of the car.
To participate in a minor fight or argument; to quarrel.
The brothers were always squabbling with each other.
To disarrange, so that the letters or lines stand awry and require readjustment.
The noun form first appears c. 1602, while the verbal form first appears c. 1616. Probably of North Germanic origin and ultimately imitative. Related to Swedish dialectal skvabbel (“a dispute, quarrel...
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