bicker

n. [ See Beaker. ] A small wooden vessel made of staves and hoops, like a tub. [ Prov. Eng. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Bickered p. pr. & vb. n. Bickering. ] [ OE. bikeren, perh. fr. Celtic; cf. W. bicra to fight, bicker, bicre conflict, skirmish; perh. akin to E. beak. ] 1. To skirmish; to exchange blows; to fight. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Two eagles had a conflict, and bickered together. Holland. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To contend in petulant altercation; to wrangle. [ 1913 Webster ]

Petty things about which men cark and bicker. Barrow. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. To move quickly and unsteadily, or with a pattering noise; to quiver; to be tremulous, like flame. [ 1913 Webster ]

They [ streamlets ] bickered through the sunny shade. Thomson. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who bickers. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. A skirmishing. “Frays and bickerings.” Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Altercation; wrangling. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Contention. [ Obs. ] Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]