12 January 2015

bicker (1)

[bik-er]

Synonyms

verb (used without object)
1. to engage in petulant or peevish argument; wrangle:
The two were always bickering.
2. to run rapidly; move quickly; rush; hurry:
a stream bickering down the valley.
3. to flicker; glitter:
The sun bickered through the trees.

noun
4. an angry, petty dispute or quarrel; contention.

Origin
Middle English
1250-1300; Middle English bikeren < ?

Related forms
bickerer, noun
unbickered, adjective
unbickering, adjective

Synonyms

1. disagree, squabble, argue, quarrel, haggle, dispute, spar, spat.

bicker (2)
[bik-er]

noun, Scot.
1. any wooden dish or bowl, especially a wooden porridge bowl.
2. Obsolete. a wooden drinking cup.

Origin
1300-50; Middle English biker beaker

Dictionary.com

Examples from the web for bicker
– It allows them to bicker about abstracts without actually doing anything.
– He warns that they’ll bicker and possibly even brawl.
– Nor did they bicker or fall silent at moments of disagreement.

Anagram

be rick

Today’s aphorism

Men are born ignorant, not stupid. They are made stupid by education.

– Bertrand Russell

On this day

12 January 1948 – The United States Supreme Court that the all-white law school at University of Oklahoma must provide education to black students that is equal to the education provided to white students.

12 January 2012 – magnitude 7.0 earthquake strikes Haiti, killing between 100,000 and 250,000. Humanitarian aid was slow in coming to Haiti because of the damage to the country’s infrastructure, which resulted in the high death toll. The earthquake is the fourth deadliest on record.

12 January 2003 – death of Maurice Gibb on the Isle of Man. Founded the Bee Gees with his brothers, Robin and Barry. Born 22 December 1949.