Category:Quibble

Quib"ble, n. Etym: [probably fr. quib, quip, but influenced by Quillet, or quiddity.]

1. A shift or turn from the point in question; a trifling or evasive Distinction; an evasion; a cavil. Quibbles have no place in the search after truth. I. Watts.

2. A pun; a low conceit.

Quibble Quib"ble, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Quibbled; p. pr. & vb. n. Quibbling.]

1. To evade the point in question by artifice, play upon words, Caviling, or by raising any insignificant or impertinent question or Point; to trifle in argument or discourse; to equivocate.

2. To pun; to practice punning. Cudworth.

Syn. -- to cavil; shuffle; equivocate; trifle.