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Verb: quarrel (quarrelled,quarrelling, or [US] quarreled,quarreling)  kwó-rul
  1. Have a disagreement over something
    "We quarrelled over the question as to who discovered America"; "These two fellows are always quarrelling over something"
    - dispute, scrap, argufy, altercate
Noun: quarrel  kwó-rul
  1. An angry dispute
    "they had a quarrel"
    - wrangle, row[2], words, run-in, dustup, blue [Austral, NZ]
     
  2. An arrow that is shot from a crossbow; has a head with four edges

Derived forms: quarrels, quarrelling, quarreled, quarrelled

See also: quarreller [Brit, Cdn]

Type of: argue, arrow, conflict, contend, debate, difference, difference of opinion, dispute, fence

Encyclopedia: Quarrel