quarrel

Từ điển American Heritage Dictionary 4th

I. quar·rel¹ (kwôrʹəl, kwŏrʹ-)n.
1. An angry dispute; an altercation.
2. A cause of a dispute or an argument:
We have no quarrel with the findings of the committee.intr.v. quar·reled, or quar·relled quar·rel·ing, or quar·rel·ling quar·rels or quar·rels
1. To engage in a quarrel; dispute angrily. See Synonyms at argue.
2. To disagree; differ:
I quarrel with your conclusions.
3. To find fault; complain. [Middle English querele, from Old French, complaint, from Latin querella, querēla, from querī, to complain. See kwes- in Indo-European Roots.] quarʹrel·er or quarʹrel·ler n. II. quar·rel² (kwôrʹəl, kwŏrʹ-)n.
1. A bolt for a crossbow.
2. A tool, such as a stonemason's chisel, that has a squared head.
3. A small diamond-shaped or square pane of glass in a latticed window. [Middle English quarel, from Old French, from Vulgar Latin *quadrellus, diminutive of Late Latin quadrus, square, from Latin quadrum. See kʷetwer- in Indo-European Roots.]

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  wrangle, row, words, run-in, dustup, dispute, scrap, argufy, altercate