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# bicker

verb (bicker, bickers, bickered, bickering); noun (a bicker)

«bicker» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. To bicker is to argue or quarrel about small things, again and again. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bicker/#m1)
2. (old use) A bicker is a small wooden drinking bowl or cup, and a bicker of spirits is a cupful of drink. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bicker/#m2)

### In the lessons

in tales two heroes bicker, that is, quarrel often, yet still love each other; in old tales a bicker is a small wooden cup

### Examples

- The two sisters bicker about who sits by the fire. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bicker/#x1)
- Why do you always bicker with your brother? [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bicker/#x2)
- The old man drank a bicker of ale before bed. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bicker/#x3)

### Note

nothing for maths

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «bicker» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bicker/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«bicker» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/bicker.html) on Mova free.