1
: petulant quarreling : altercation
2
: a sound of or as if of bickering
Examples of bicker in a Sentence
Noun
after a prolonged bicker, they finally managed to find a movie that both of them were interested in seeing
Verb
She is always bickering with her mother.
They bickered about how to decorate the room.
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M. E. Sarotte, Foreign Affairs, 8 July 2024
Meanwhile, Esmeralda bickers with her daughter Jacqueline (Tenley Stitzer), who’s terrified of nuclear war and obsessed with rocker David Lee Roth.
—Celia Wren, Washington Post, 9 Apr. 2024
EW.com, 10 Apr. 2025
Laurie stormed off and had a bummer of a night, hanging out with Valentin and his grifter Russian buddies at a Muay Thai fight — and ultimately fleeing half-dressed from one of their angry girlfriends — while Jaclyn and Kate stayed behind and bickered some more.
—Noel Murray, New York Times, 6 Apr. 2025
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Noun
Better to follow the West German example and achieve full NATO membership for independent Ukraine than to watch essential U.S. support dwindle as Congress bickers and Trump’s reelection odds increase.
—M. E. Sarotte, Foreign Affairs, 8 July 2024
Meanwhile, Esmeralda bickers with her daughter Jacqueline (Tenley Stitzer), who’s terrified of nuclear war and obsessed with rocker David Lee Roth.
—Celia Wren, Washington Post, 9 Apr. 2024
Verb
Reed, the stretchable man, and sometimes see-through Sue also bickered like a real married couple.
—EW.com, 10 Apr. 2025
Laurie stormed off and had a bummer of a night, hanging out with Valentin and his grifter Russian buddies at a Muay Thai fight — and ultimately fleeing half-dressed from one of their angry girlfriends — while Jaclyn and Kate stayed behind and bickered some more.
—Noel Murray, New York Times, 6 Apr. 2025
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“Bicker.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bicker. Accessed 17 Apr. 2025.
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