Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Quibble \Quib"ble\, 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.

            Quibbles have no place in the search after truth. --
                                                  I. Watts.

   2. A pun; a low conceit.

Quibble \Quib"ble\, 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.

   2. To pun; to practice punning. --Cudworth.

   Syn: To cavil; shuffle; equivocate; trifle.

Source : WordNet®

quibble
     n : an evasion of the point of an argument by raising irrelevant
         distinctions or objections [syn: {quiddity}, {cavil}]

quibble
     v 1: evade the truth of a point or question by raising irrelevant
          objections
     2: argue over petty things; "Let's not quibble over pennies"
        [syn: {niggle}, {pettifog}, {bicker}, {squabble}, {brabble}]