stickle
11stickle-back — n. Prickle back, stickle bag …
12stickle — intransitive verb (stickled; stickling) Etymology: alteration of Middle English stightlen, frequentative of stighten to arrange, from Old English stihtan; akin to Old Norse stētta to found, support Date: 1642 1. to contend especially stubbornly… …
13stickle — /stik euhl/, v.i., stickled, stickling. 1. to argue or haggle insistently, esp. on trivial matters. 2. to raise objections; scruple; demur. [1520 30; var. of obs. stightle to set in order, freq. of stight to set in order, ME stighten, OE stihtan… …
14stickle — tickles …
15stickle — v. n. 1. Struggle (pertinaciously and on trifling grounds), contend, altercate, contest. 2. Hesitate, waver, doubt, scruple, stick. 3. Trim, shift, play fast and loose …
16stickle — v 1. haggle, higgle, wrangle, bicker, dicker, Sl. hassle, Scot. argle bargle, Scot. sturt, Scot, and North Eng. threap, Scot, and North Eng. prig; hold out, stand out, stick to one s guns, not yield an inch, Inf. stand pat. 2. demur, scruple,… …
17stickle — stick·le …
18stickle — stick•le [[t]ˈstɪk əl[/t]] v. i. led, ling 1) to argue or haggle insistently, esp. on trivial matters 2) to raise objections; scruple; demur • Etymology: 1520–30; var. of obs. stightle to set in order, freq. of stight, ME stighten, OE stihtan to… …
19stickle — /ˈstɪkəl/ (say stikuhl) verb (i) (stickled, stickling) 1. to argue or haggle insistently, especially on trivial matters. 2. to raise objections; scruple; demur. {Middle English stightle arbitrate, frequentative of obsolete stight, Old English… …
20stickle — verb dispute or argue stubbornly (especially minor points) • Derivationally related forms: ↑stickler • Hypernyms: ↑argue, ↑contend, ↑debate, ↑fence • Verb Frames: Somebody s …
