Meaning
SQUABBLE, v.i. [I know not the origin of this word, but it See ms to be from the root of wabble; G., to vibrate, to quake, to be sleek. See Squab.]
1. To contend for superiority; to scuffle; to struggle; as, two persons squabble in sport.
2. To contend; to wrangle; to quarrel.
3. To debate peevishly; to dispute. If there must be disputes, it is less criminal to squabble than to murder.
[Squabble is not an elegant word in any of its uses. In some of them it is low.]
SQUABBLE, n. A scuffle; a wrangle; a brawl; a petty quarrel.
