What is "squabbled"

Squabble \Squab"ble\ (skw[o^]b"b'l), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Squabbled (-b'ld); p. pr. & vb. n. Squabbling (-bl[i^]ng).] [Cf. dial. Sw. skvabbel a dispute, skvappa to chide.]

1. To contend for superiority in an unseemly manner; to scuffle; to struggle; to wrangle; to quarrel.

2. To debate peevishly; to dispute.

   The sense of these propositions is very plain, though logicians might squabble a whole day whether they should rank them under negative or affirmative.
   --I. Watts.

   Syn: To dispute; contend; scuffle; wrangle; quarrel; struggle.

vb. (en-past of: squabble)