n. [ 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. [ 1913 Webster ]
Quibbles have no place in the search after truth. I. Watts. [ 1913 Webster ]
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. [ 1913 Webster ]
2. To pun; to practice punning. Cudworth. [ 1913 Webster ]
[ケチをつける(ケチを付ける);けちをつける(けちを付ける), kechi wotsukeru ( kechi wo tsukeru ); kechiwotsukeru ( kechiwo tsukeru )](exp, v1) (uk) to find fault with; to rain on one's parade; to nitpick; to quibble[Add to Longdo]