squabble

noun

1. A minor fight or argument.

   “The children got into a squabble about who should ride in the front of the car.”

   “It was obvious to the inhabitants of the small coastal town of Bridport that in the midst of these squabbles their need for a railway was going to be overlooked, and they decided to take the matter into their own hands.”

verb

1. (intransitive)To participate in a minor fight or argument; to quarrel.

   “The brothers were always squabbling with each other.”

   “The sense of these propositions is very plain and easy, though logicians might perhaps squabble a whole day whether they should rank them under negative or affirmative.”

2. (transitive)To disarrange, so that the letters or lines stand awry and require readjustment.

   “to squabble type”