—n.
1 a petty objection; a trivial point of criticism.
2 a play on words; a pun.
3 an evasion; an insubstantial argument which relies on an ambiguity etc.
—v.intr. use quibbles.
Derivatives:
quibbler n. quibbling adj. quibblingly adv.
Etymology: dimin. of obs. quib prob. f. L quibus dative & ablat. pl. of qui who (familiar from use in legal documents)
Useful english dictionary. 2012.