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bicker

bic·ker

UK/ˈbɪkə/ US/ˈbɪkɚ/ uncommon obsolete

verb

noun

Origin

From Middle English bikeren (“to attack”), from Middle Dutch bicken (“to stab, thrust, attack”) + -er (frequentative suffix), from Old Dutch *bikken, from Proto-West Germanic *bikkjan, from Proto-Germanic *bikjaną, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰeg- (“to smash, break”).

Phrases

  • bicker like a married couple
  • bicker like an old married couple

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