squabble
verb/ˈskwɑbəl/
Frequency rank: #18,894 of 20,003 in the WORDED list (wordfreq data)
Meaning
to quarrel noisily over something trivial.
Example sentence
The two siblings would often squabble over who got to sit in the front seat of the car.
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