niggle
Pronunciation
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Pronunciation
- IPA: /ˈnɪɡəl/
niggle (plural niggles)
- A minor complaint or problem.
- 2012, The Guardian, London 2012: Christian Taylor aims high as Phillips Idowu stays away ↗, by Anna Kessel
- The Olympic medal contender's back problem has been described as a "niggle" by the head coach, Charles van Commenee, but Porter's friend and former team-mate Danielle Carruthers revealed that the injury is playing on the Briton's mind.
- 2012, The Guardian, London 2012: Christian Taylor aims high as Phillips Idowu stays away ↗, by Anna Kessel
- (obsolete) Small, cramped handwriting.
niggle (niggles, present participle niggling; past and past participle niggled)
- (transitive, obsolete) To trifle with; to deceive; to mock.
- (transitive) To use, spend, or do in a petty or trifling manner.
- (intransitive) To dwell too much on minor points or on trifling details.
- (intransitive, mostly, UK) To fidget, fiddle, be restless.
- Russian: суети́ться
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