\Squab"ble\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Squabbled}; p. pr. &
vb. n. {Squabbling}.] [Cf. dial. Sw. skvabbel a dispute,
skvappa to chide.]
1. To contend for superiority in an unseemly maner; to
   scuffle; to struggle; to wrangle; to quarrel.
2. To debate peevishly; to dispute.
         The sense of these propositions is very plain,
         though logicians might squabble a whole day whether
         they should rank them under negative or affirmative.
                                               --I. Watts.
Syn: To dispute; contend; scuffle; wrangle; quarrel;
     struggle.

\Squab"ble\, v. t. (Print.)
To disarrange, so that the letters or lines stand awry or are
mixed and need careful readjustment; -- said of type that has
been set up.

\Squab"ble\, n.
A scuffle; a wrangle; a brawl.