Noun

(en noun)

Petty quarreling. Usually considered a childish behaviour, although often applied to adults.

* 1820 , in Memoirs of John Duke of Marlborough , By William Coxe, Ch.40 heading.

Meeting of Parliament. — Choice of a whig Speaker. — Speech from the throne. — Parliamentary proceedings, and party bickerings .

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, year=2011 , date=October 15 , author=Phil McNulty , title=Liverpool 1 - 1 Man Utd , work=BBC Sport citation , page= , passage=After Evra was also shown a yellow card following a prolonged bout of bickering which also involved Suarez, Ferguson decided on a double change by replacing Park Ji-sung and Ashley Young with Nani and Rooney.}}