Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Squabble \Squab"ble\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Squabbled}; p. pr. &
   vb. n. {Squabbling}.] [Cf. dial. Sw. skvabbel a dispute,
   skvappa to chide.]
   1. To contend for superiority in an unseemly maner; to
      scuffle; to struggle; to wrangle; to quarrel.

   2. To debate peevishly; to dispute.

            The sense of these propositions is very plain,
            though logicians might squabble a whole day whether
            they should rank them under negative or affirmative.
                                                  --I. Watts.

   Syn: To dispute; contend; scuffle; wrangle; quarrel;
        struggle.