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quibble | x |

As a noun quibble

is a trivial or minor complaint, objection or argument.

As a verb quibble

is to complain or argue in a trivial or petty manner.

As a letter x is

the twenty-fourth letter of the.

As a symbol x is

voiceless velar fricative.

quibble

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • A trivial or minor complaint, objection or argument.
  • He harped on his quibble about how the dark red paint should be described as carmine rather than burgundy.
  • A shift or turn from the point in question; a trifling or evasive distinction; a cavil.
  • * I. Watts
  • Quibbles have no place in the search after truth.
  • (obsolete) A pun.
  • Synonyms

    * See

    Verb

    (quibbl)
  • To complain or argue in a trivial or petty manner.
  • They are constantly quibbling over insignificant details.

    Synonyms

    * See

    References

    x

    Translingual

    {{Basic Latin character info, previous=W, next=Y, image= (wikipedia X)

    Etymology 1

    Letter

  • The twenty-fourth letter of the .
  • See also
    (Latn-script)

    Cardinal number

    (mul-number)
  • The number 10.
  • Symbol

    (mul-symbol)
  • A symbol of the IPA, representing a voiceless uvular fricative.
  • strike
  • Etymology 2

    Possibly from skull and crossbones

    Symbol

    (mul-symbol)
  • Derived terms
    * XXX

    See also

    {{Letter , page=X , NATO=X-ray , Morse=–··– , Character=X , Braille=? }} Image:Latin X.png, Capital and lowercase versions of X , in normal and italic type Image:Fraktur letter X.png, Uppercase and lowercase X in Fraktur Roman numerals ----