The Collaborative International Dictionary
Squabbling
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.]
To contend for superiority in an unseemly manner; to scuffle; to struggle; to wrangle; to quarrel.
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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.
Wiktionary
squabbling
n. A petty argument or conflict. vb. (present participle of squabble English)