Quibble
71niggle — 1. verb 1) his behavior does niggle me Syn: irritate, annoy, bother, provoke, exasperate, upset, gall, irk, rankle with; informal rile, get to, bug 2) he niggles about the prices Syn …
72cavil — n 1. carp, complain, quibble, pettifog, pull to pieces, Sl. nitpick; nag, pick on or at, fuss, Inf. hassle; jibe at, criticize, find fault, make mountains out of molehills; belittle, deprecate, disparage, impugn, decry, Sl. grouse, Sl. moan and… …
73quip — n 1. gibe, jape, Inf. wisecrack, Inf. crack, put down, barb, Sl. zinger, squib, smart aleck remark. 2. joke, jest, witticism, sally, mot, bon mot, ad lib; gag, waggery, drollery, one liner, wheeze, pleasantry; pun, double entendre; epigram,… …
74shuffle — v 1. shamble, scuff the feet, scrape, scrape along; drag, lag, linger, falter, flag; hobble, limp, hitch, scuttle. 2. hedge, equivocate, evade, elude, Inf. waffle; dodge, fence, shift, shy, parry; quibble, pettifog, beg the question, split hairs …
75chicane — /ʃəˈkeɪn/ (say shuh kayn) noun 1. chicanery. 2. Bridge a hand without trumps. 3. Motor Racing an artificial bend or series of bends, inserted in a straight stretch of a racetrack, in order to make the course more difficult. 4. a type of road… …
76διασοφίζεσθαι — διασοφίζομαι quibble like a sophist pres inf mp διασοφίζομαι quibble like a sophist pres inf mp …
77διασοφίζηται — διασοφίζομαι quibble like a sophist pres subj mp 3rd sg διασοφίζομαι quibble like a sophist pres subj mp 3rd sg …
78συκοφαντητέον — one must quibble masc acc sg συκοφαντητέον one must quibble neut nom/voc/acc sg …
79pun — [17] Snappy monosyllables produced by breaking off a piece of a longer word were all the rage in late 17th and early 18th century England (mob is a well known example), and it is thought that pun may be one of them. It seems to be short for… …
80cavil — [kav′əl] vi. caviled or cavilled, caviling or cavilling [OFr caviller < L cavillari < cavilla, jeering < * calvilla < calvari, to deceive; akin to calumnia, CALUMNY] to object when there is little reason to do so; resort to trivial… …