Quibbling Edit Meaning

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Quibbling is lying or avoiding the truth by trying to avoid the issue or dancing around the question by pretening not to understand it or arguing over semantics.

Okay Abe, did you chop down that cherry tree or not? Um, which tree? Could you define the word "chop"? You know what I'm asking, now stop quibbling and answer the question.

See lying

1.

Quibbling is lying or avoiding the truth by trying to avoid the issue or dancing around the question by pretening not to understand it or arguing over semantics.

Okay Abe, did you chop down that cherry tree or not? Um, which tree? Could you define the word "chop"? You know what I'm asking, now stop quibbling and answer the question.

See lying