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[ adjective ] quibbling over insignificant details

Synonyms

carping quibbling pettifogging caviling

Examples

"caviling pettifoggers and quiggling pleaders"-Edmund Burke "her nagging and carping attack" "thought her editor unnecessarily nitpicking" "a pettifogging lawyer's mind" "had no patience with quibbling critics"

Related terms

critical

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Rhymes with

picking ticking meatpacking sticking peking licking kicking speaking sleepwalking stinking poking packing breathtaking tacking taking talking retaking mistaking thinking seeking wreaking king cooking leaking reeking qing creaking unthinking parking staking stalking stocking tracking trucking rollicking squeaking painstaking overtaking undertaking striking stroking attacking sneaking spanking shrieking risking earthshaking sinking winking debunking booking ducking thanking aching moneymaking muckraking heartbreaking bloodsucking drinking blinking baking backing balking docking remaking croaking quaking cracking corking shocking shirking shaking joking jerking choking looking sucking fucking wrecking interlocking papermaking shrinking handshaking cornhusking planking asking wracking mocking soaking walking lurking making liking locking lacking knocking waking working sacking viking racking whacking overlooking woodworking hooking hawking braking blocking breaking dressmaking banking groundbreaking hardworking smacking marking masking smoking hijacking homemaking lawmaking forking ransacking nanking hulking whacking ranking lovemaking metalworking carjacking clanking forsaking provoking chongqing

Phonetic and Homophones

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Similar Spelling

nitpick nitpicker

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