Meaning of PETTIFOG
| Pronunciation: | | 'petee`fâg
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| | Definition: | | [v] argue over petty things; "Let's not quibble over pennies" |
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| | Synonyms: | | bicker, brabble, niggle, quibble, squabble |
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| | See Also: | | argue, contend, debate, fence | |
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\Pet"ti*fog\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Pettifogged}; p. pr.
& vb. n. {Pettifogging}.] [Petty + fog to pettifog.]
To do a petty business as a lawyer; also, to do law business
in a petty or tricky way. ``He takes no money, but pettifogs
gratis.'' --S. Butler.
\Pet"ti*fog\, v. t.
To advocate like a pettifogger; to argue trickily; as, to
pettifog a claim. [Colloq.]
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| | Related Terms: | | argue, argufy, bandy words, bicker, carp, catch at straws, cavil, choplogic, contend, contest, cross swords, cut and thrust, cut up, discept, dispute, fault-find, find fault, give and take, hassle, have it out, join issue, lock horns, logomachize, moot, nitpick, pick holes, pick to pieces, plead, polemicize, polemize, pull apart, pull to pieces, quibble, spar, take exception, take sides, tear apart, tear to pieces, thrash out, try conclusions, wrangle |
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