1. Noun
A small wooden vessel made of staves and hoops, like a tub.
2. Verb
To skirmish; to exchange blows; to fight.
3. Verb
To contend in petulant altercation; to wrangle.
4. Verb
To move quickly and unsteadily, or with a pattering noise; to quiver; to be tremulous, like flame.
5. Noun
A skirmish; an encounter.
6. Noun
A fight with stones between two parties of boys.
7. Noun
A wrangle; also, a noise,, as in angry contention.
8. Verb
argue over petty things; "Let's not quibble over pennies"
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