pettifog
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pettifog v 1 :
argue over petty things ; "
Let '
s not quibble over pennies "
[
synonym : {
quibble }, {
niggle }, {
pettifog }, {
bicker },
{
squabble }, {
brabble }]
Pettifog \
Pet "
ti *
fog \,
v .
t .
To advocate like a pettifogger ;
to argue trickily ;
as ,
to pettifog a claim . [
Colloq .]
[
1913 Webster ]
Pettifog \
Pet "
ti *
fog \,
v .
i . [
imp . &
p .
p . {
Pettifogged };
p .
pr .
&
vb .
n . {
Pettifogging }.] [
Petty fog to pettifog .]
1 .
To do a petty business as a lawyer ;
also ,
to do law business in a petty or tricky way . "
He takes no money ,
but pettifogs gratis ." --
S .
Butler .
[
1913 Webster ]
2 .
To debate or quarrel over unimportant ,
trifling matters .
[
PJC ]
3 .
To use subterfuge ,
deception ,
or flattery for any purpose ;
to practice chicanery .
[
PJC ]
41 Moby Thesaurus words for "
pettifog ":
argue ,
argufy ,
bandy words ,
bicker ,
carp ,
catch at straws ,
cavil ,
choplogic ,
contend ,
contest ,
cross swords ,
cut and thrust ,
cut up ,
discept ,
dispute ,
fault -
find ,
find fault ,
give and take ,
hassle ,
have it out ,
join issue ,
lock horns ,
logomachize ,
moot ,
nitpick ,
pick holes ,
pick to pieces ,
plead ,
polemicize ,
polemize ,
pull apart ,
pull to pieces ,
quibble ,
spar ,
take exception ,
take sides ,
tear apart ,
tear to pieces ,
thrash out ,
try conclusions ,
wrangle
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