Dictionary entry

Quibble (2)

Webster's Dictionary 1913

Quib″ble, v. i. [imp. & p. p.Quibbled (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Quibbling (?).] 1. To evade the point in question by artifice, play upon words, caviling, or by raising any insignificant or impertinent question or point; to trifle in argument or discourse; to equivocate.

2. To pun; to practice punning. Cudworth.

Syn. — To cavil; shuffle; equivocate; trifle.