bicker
To quarrel in a tiresome, insulting mannerTo quarrel in a tiresome, insulting manner.
» I've had enough of your bickering.
Мне надоели ваши склоки.
Meaning
4 sensesTo quarrel in a tiresome, insulting manner.
They bickered about dinner every evening.
sich zanken
переру́гиватьсяpererúgivatʹsja, препира́тьсяprepirátʹsja
To brawl or move tremulously, quiver, shimmer (of a water stream, light, flame, etc.)
To patter.
To skirmish; to exchange blows; to fight.
- argue over petty things
Examples
34 sentencesI've had enough of your bickering.
ruМне надоели ваши склоки. — Wezel
Would the two of you quit bickering?
I'm sick and tired of all this bickering.
ruМеня уже тошнит от всех этих споров. — sharptoothed
What I want is for everyone to act like adults and stop this bickering.
ruЧего я хочу – так это чтобы все вели себя как взрослые и прекратили препираться. — Ooneykcall
Tom is bickering with his wife.
deTom zankt sich mit seiner Frau. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
Translations
6 languagesBy meaning 1
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Origin
From Middle English bikeren (“to attack”), from Middle Dutch bicken (“to stab, thrust, attFrom Middle English bikeren (“to attack”), from Middle Dutch bicken (“to stab, thrust, attack”) + -er (frequentative suffix), from Old Dutch *bikken, from Proto-West Germanic *bikkjan, from Proto-Germanic *bikjaną, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰeg- (“to smash, break”).
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Forms
bickers, bickering, bickered, bickeredSynonyms
5 synonymsWord family
3 related wordsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle