QUARREL (quarrelled, quarrelling)
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Dictionary entry overview: What does quarrel mean?
• QUARREL (noun)
The noun QUARREL has 2 senses:
1. an angry dispute
2. an arrow that is shot from a crossbow; has a head with four edges
Familiarity information: QUARREL used as a noun is rare.
• QUARREL (verb)
The verb QUARREL has 1 sense:
1. have a disagreement over something
Familiarity information: QUARREL used as a verb is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• QUARREL (noun)
Meaning:
An angry dispute
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Synonyms:
wrangle; run-in; quarrel; dustup; row; words
Context examples:
they had a quarrel / they had words
Hypernyms ("quarrel" is a kind of...):
conflict; difference; difference of opinion; dispute (a disagreement or argument about something important)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "quarrel"):
affray; altercation; fracas (noisy quarrel)
bicker; bickering; fuss; pettifoggery; spat; squabble; tiff (a quarrel about petty points)
bust-up (a serious quarrel (especially one that ends a friendship))
Meaning:
An arrow that is shot from a crossbow; has a head with four edges
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("quarrel" is a kind of...):
arrow (a projectile with a straight thin shaft and an arrowhead on one end and stabilizing vanes on the other; intended to be shot from a bow)
• QUARREL (verb)
Meaning:
Have a disagreement over something
Classified under:
Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing
Synonyms:
altercate; argufy; quarrel; dispute; scrap
Context examples:
We quarreled over the question as to who discovered America / These two fellows are always scrapping over something
Hypernyms (to "quarrel" is one way to...):
argue; contend; debate; fence (have an argument about something)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "quarrel"):
brawl; wrangle (to quarrel noisily, angrily or disruptively)
spat (engage in a brief and petty quarrel)
polemicise; polemicize; polemise; polemize (engage in a controversy)
fall out (have a breach in relations)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s PP
Sentence examples:
Sam and Sue quarrel
Sam wants to quarrel with Sue
