quarrel
Pronunciation Noun
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Pronunciation Noun
quarrel (plural quarrels)
- A verbal dispute or heated argument.
- We got into a silly quarrel about what food to order.
, [unknown translator], François de La Rochefoucauld, "Maxim 496" - Quarrels would not last long if the fault were only on one side.
- 2016, John O'Sullivan, Former Thatcher speechwriter discusses Brexit ↗, [Video], C-SPAN at The Heritage Foundation, June 2016. At 4'27".
- All quarrels halt at the grave.
- A ground of dispute or objection; a complaint.
- A few customers in the shop had some quarrels with us, so we called for the manager.
- 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), imprinted at London: By Robert Barker, […], OCLC 964384981 ↗, Mark 6:19 ↗:
- Herodias had a quarrel against him, and would have killed him.
- c. 1601–1602, William Shakespeare, “Twelfe Night, or VVhat You VVill”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies: Published According to the True Originall Copies (First Folio), London: Printed by Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, OCLC 606515358 ↗, [Act 3, scene 4]:
- You mistake, sir. I am sure no man hath any quarrel to me. -
- (obsolete) earnest desire or longing.
- An arrow for a crossbow, a bolt.
- See also Thesaurus:dispute
- French: querelle, dispute
- German: Streit
- Italian: battibecco, litigio, diatriba, scaramuccia, disputa, diverbio, discussione, lite, bisticcio
- Portuguese: discussão, querela
- Russian: ссо́ра
- Spanish: discusión, pelea, riña, rencilla, pelotera, brega
- Portuguese: queixa
quarrel (quarrels, present participle quarrelling; past and past participle quarrelled) (intransitive)
- (intransitive) To disagree.
- (intransitive) To contend, argue fiercely, squabble.
- Beasts called sociable quarrel in hunger and lust.
- (intransitive) To find fault; to cavil.
- to quarrel with one's lot
- I will not quarrel with a slight mistake.
- (transitive, obsolete) To argue or squabble with.
- 1598, Ben Jonson, Every Man in His Humour
- I had quarrelled my brother purposely.
- 1598, Ben Jonson, Every Man in His Humour
- French: se disputer, se quereller
- German: streiten, streiten, zanken
- Italian: litigare, discutere, bisticciare
- Portuguese: discutir, querelar
- Russian: ссо́риться
- Italian: incriminare
quarrel (plural quarrels)
- A diamond-shaped piece of coloured glass forming part of a stained glass window.
- A square tile; quarry tile.
- A bolt or arrow for a crossbow, traditionally with the head square in cross-section.
- 1600, Edward Fairfax, The Jerusalem Delivered of Torquato Tasso, Book VII, ciii:
- Twanged the string, out flew the quarrel long,
And through the subtle air did singing pass.
- Twanged the string, out flew the quarrel long,
- 1829, Edward Augustus Kendall, The Olio or Museum of Entertainment ↗, Vol.III, p.174
- The small cross-bow, called the arbalet or arbalest, is said to have been invented by the Sicilians. It was carried by the foot-soldiers, and when used was charged with a quarrel or bar-bolt, that is, a small arrow with a flat head, one of which occasioned the death of Harold at the battle of Hastings, […].
- 1600, Edward Fairfax, The Jerusalem Delivered of Torquato Tasso, Book VII, ciii:
- A small opening in window tracery, of which the cusps etc. make the form nearly square.
- A four-sided cutting tool or chisel with a diamond-shaped end.
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