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Definitions: Bicker |
BickerNoun1. Petty quarrel. Verb1. Argue over petty things; "Let's not quibble over pennies". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "bicker" was first used: 13th century. (references) |
Synonyms: BickerSynonyms: bickering (n), fuss (n), spat (n), tiff (n), brabble (v), niggle (v), pettifog (v), quibble (v), squabble (v). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Agitation | Throb, pulsate, beat, palpitate, go pitapat; flutter, flitter, flicker, bicker; bustle. |
Discord | Fall out, quarrel, dispute; litigate; controvert; (deny); squabble, wrangle, jangle, brangle, bicker, nag; spar; (contend); have words; n. with; fall foul of. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Bicker |
| English words defined with "bicker": Bickered. (references) |
| Domain | Usage | |
Screenplays | Let's not bicker and argue about who killed who. (Monty Python and the Holy Grail; writing credit: Graham Chapman, John Cleese, Terry Gilliam, Eric Idle, Terry Jones, and Michael Palin.) Family bicker. Customers complain. (Major League: Back to the Minors; writing credit: John Warren) | |
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| Thumbnail | Description & Credit |  | Dr. Andries Bicker : Burgermeester en Raad der Stad Amsterdam. / B.v.d. Helst pinx. 1642. H. Pothoven del. J. Houbraken fec.Credit: National Library of Medicine. |
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| "Bicker" is generally used as a noun (proper) -- approximately 86.26% of the time. "Bicker" is used about 182 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (proper) | 86.26% | 157 | 25,059 |
| Noun (singular) | 13.74% | 25 | 69,787 |
| Total | 100.00% | 182 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following table summarizes the usage of "bicker" based on a population census conducted in the United States. Ranks and frequencies are based on all names reported and classified. |
| Name | Usage/Gender | Usage per 100 million Persons | Rank in USA |
| Bicker | Last name | 100 | 74,955 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits. | |||
Expression using "bicker": bicker with. Additional references. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
bicker | 15 |
babe bicker | 7 |
bicker chick | 6 |
bicker boy | 5 |
michael bicker | 4 |
bicker girl | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "bicker"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | Luhatem (hover, vacillate), Gurgulloj (babble, bubble, gurgle, purl, ripple, seethe), Grindem (altercate, brawl, cample, carp, differ, disagree, dispute, fall out, fight, find fault with, fray, fret, grizzle, grouse, have words with, Pule, quarrel, spat, swear, wrangle), Gërnjosem (carp). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | تخاصم (argue, fall out, quarrel, wrangle), تشاحن (hassle, jangle, spat, tiff, wrangle), عجل (accelerate, advance, anticipate, bullock, calf, dash, expedite, hasten, hurry, hustle, precipitate, run, speed, speed up, tire, veal), إندفع (break out, dash, fling, flush, lunge, make, precipitate, regurgitate, rip, rush, scramble, stampede, stream, surge, swarm, tumble, urge, zip), إرتعش (be shocked, flutter, jerk, quake, quaver, quiver, shake, shiver, shudder, thrill, tingle, tremble, twitch, waver, wobble), شجار (affray, altercation, brawl, breeze, broil, controversy, fight, fracas, melee, miff, muss, quarrel, row, rowdiness, ruck, ruction, rumble, rumpus, scrap, scuffle, set to, shindy, slugfest, squabble, squall, tiff). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | Караница, Карам Се, Заяждам Се (Peck), Блесвам, омоля. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 拌嘴 (quarrel, squabble), 吵嘴 (Bickered, Bickering). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | Hašteřit Se (altercate, argue, squabble). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Farsi | پرخاش کردن , ستیزه کردن (Contend, Contest, Militate, Quarrel, Squabble), دعواومنازعه . (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | torata (quarrel, squabble), torailla (quarrel, squabble), riidellä (have a row, quarrel, squabble, wrangle), kinata (argue, quarrel), kinastella (argue, quarrel). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | Vaciller, Trembloter, Se Trembler, Se Chamailler, Chamaillerie. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | Zanken (brawl, quarrel, row, squabble, to bicker, to quarrel, to scold, to squabble). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | Λογομαχώ, ίαβγάσ, Φιλονικώ. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hebrew | ּלכת ־כות, ּ"תקוטט, ּ"ת צח. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | Veszekszik (altercate, hammer and tongs, quarrel, to altercate, to brawl, to contend, to contest, to dispute, to fuss, to jangle, to jar, to pull caps, to pull wigs, to quarrel, to scold, to spat), Mormol (murmur, to lip, to murmur, to ripple). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Indonesian | bertengkar (contend, quarelling), bercedera (quarrel). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | Bisticcio (quarrel, scrap, squabble, tiff), Bisticciare (quarrel, scrap, squabble), Becchettarsi, Litigare (argue, brawl, fight, have a row, jar, litigate, quarrel, row, spar, squabble). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | troiddey (altercate, altercation, berate, chide, chiding, dress down, dressing down, jaw, jaw scolding, mud-slinging, nag, nagging, objurgate, objurgation, quarrel, quarrelling, rate, row; squabbling, scold, scolding, set to, squabble, telling off, wigging). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | ickerbay Brigar (altercate, brawl, fall over, fight, get in a quarrel, quarrel, scrap, scrimmage, scuffle, struggle, wrestle), Briga (affray, close, fight, fray, gale, grapple, melee, noise, ruffle, scuffle, strife, struggle, wrangle), Tremular (flutter, tremble, wave, waver, wink), Tamborilar (drum, pattern, tattoo, thrum), Questionar (disagree, quarrel, question), Murmurar (brawl, bubble, coo, croon, gossiping, groan, grumble, gurnet, ha, hum, lip, murmur, mutter, prattler, purl, repine, sough, whisper), Disputar (argue, contest, disagree, dispute, fight, passage, put up with, quarrel, rencontre, rencounter, run, spar), Contenda (contention, controversy, dispute, duellist, feudal, quarrel, row, scramble, scrimmage, squabble, strife, struggle, tussle). (various references) Zornãit (chink, clanking, jingle), Susura (babble, brawl, chatter, gurgle, hum, murmur, Pearl, prattle, purl, ripple, swish), Se Ciorovãi (spar), Pâlpâi (flare, flicker, glimmer, waver), Murmura (babble, brawl, breathe, chatter, croak, growl, grumble, gurgle, kick, moan, mumble, murmur, mutter, Pearl, prattle, purl, ripple, round, rustle, sough, warble, whisper), Murmur (babble, babbling, brawl, chatter, garrulity, hum, moan, mumbling, murmur, mutter, prattle, rhubarb, ripple, rustle, rustling, warble), Ciondãni (chide, scold, wrangle), Cicãli (badger, carp, cavil, Chevy, nag, nagnag, tease), Ceartã (altercation, bobbery, brawl, breeze, broil, conflict, contention, controversy, discord, discussion, dispute, dissension, friction, jangle, loggerhead, misunderstanding, quarrel, row, scrap, set to, squabble, squall, Stour, strife, tussle, wrangle). (various references) Журчать, "раться, Ссориться, Стучать. (various references) prepirati se (altercate, argue, litigate, squabble, take issue with, wrangle). (various references) Disputa (argument, bickering, contention, debate, disputation, dispute, fight, haggling, strife, wrangle). (various references) Träta (brawl, quarrel), Gnabbas (tiff, wrangle). (various references) โต้เถียง (argue, fence). (various references) Titreşmek (flicker, judder, pulsate, pulse, quiver, tremble, vibrate, waver), Tartışmak (altercate, argue, bat around, brawl, bust, canvass, challenge, contend, controvert, debate, discuss, dispute, have a row with, have a set-to, have words with smb., jangle, join issue with smb., moot, negotiate, set to, spar, take issue with smb., wrangle), Pırıldamak (gleam, glitter, shimmer, wink), Þırıldamak, Atışmak (altercate, bandy, bandy words, have a row with, have a tiff, have words with smb., jangle, quarrel, spat, squabble), Çekişmek. (various references) "зюрчати, "зюрчання, Блимати, Блимання, Битися, Швидкий Біг, Сутичка, Сварка, Сперечатися, Сперечання. (various references) ymrafaelio, ymgecru (quarrel, wrangle), ffraeo (brawl, quarrel), cecru (wrangle). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | alterceris. (various references) |
| Middle Dutch | 1100-1500 | bicken. (various references) |
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Derivations | |
Words beginning with "bicker": bickered, bickerer, bickerers, bickering, bickers. (additional references) | |
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"Bicker" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: backey, bashkir, Beccera, Beecke, Bekker, Bicci, biccie, bicer, bicey, bicka, bickel, Bicket, bickie, bickies, bikkie, Birker, biske, Brickert, bucer, bycer, icker. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "bicker" (pronounced bi"ker) |
| 3 | -i" k er | clicker, Dicker, flicker, kicker, licker, liquor, picker, quicker, sicker, slicker, snicker, sticker, thicker, ticker, vicar, whicker, wicker. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "b-c-e-i-k-r" | |
-1 letter: biker, brick, icker. | |
-2 letters: beck, bice, bier, bike, birk, brie, cire, crib, keir, kerb, kibe, kier, reck, rice, rick. | |
-3 letters: ice, ick, ire, irk, kir, reb, rec, rei, rib. | |
-4 letters: be, bi, er, re. | |
| Words containing the letters "b-c-e-i-k-r" | |
+1 letter: bickers, bricked, brickle. | |
+2 letters: backfire, bickered, bickerer, blockier, brickier, brickles, fireback, redbrick. | |
+3 letters: backbiter, backfired, backfires, bickerers, bickering, brickiest, firebacks, firebrick, kickboxer, redbricks, rockabies, rudbeckia. | |
+4 letters: backbiters, backslider, bootlicker, bracketing, breadstick, brickfield, bricklayer, bucklering, cherublike, firebricks, icebreaker, kickboxers, linebacker, rudbeckias, silverback. | |
+5 letters: backsliders, blackbirded, blackbirder, blacklister, blackmailer, bootlickers, breadsticks, brickfields, bricklayers, cabinetwork, cinderblock, goldbricked, hackberries, icebreakers, linebackers, silverbacks. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)42 69 63 6B 65 72 |
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Morse Code (1836) (references)-... .. -.-. -.- . .-. |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000010 01101001 01100011 01101011 01100101 01110010 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)B i c k e r |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0042 0069 0063 006B 0065 0072 |
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)367569777184 |
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