1
: petulant quarreling : altercation
2
: a sound of or as if of bickering
Examples of bicker in a Sentence
Noun
after a prolonged bicker, they finally managed to find a movie that both of them were interested in seeing
Verb
She is always bickering with her mother.
They bickered about how to decorate the room.
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Kate Erbland, IndieWire, 24 Oct. 2025
In a lengthy scene in the desert, the camera pans to each character, isolating them or putting them in pairings to argue, bicker, and reveal themselves.
—Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 14 Oct. 2025
Eleanor Pringle, Fortune, 29 Dec. 2025
But—this unstructured time is also an opportunity for your kids to bicker, complain about not having anything to do, and generally prompt parents to count down the hours until January 2!
—Melissa Willets, Parents, 25 Dec. 2025
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Noun
Of course, some of those party guests already know each other, like Morgan, Sasha, and Esther, and the latter two bicker beforehand about how to best approach the Morgan-sized elephant in the room.
—Kate Erbland, IndieWire, 24 Oct. 2025
In a lengthy scene in the desert, the camera pans to each character, isolating them or putting them in pairings to argue, bicker, and reveal themselves.
—Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 14 Oct. 2025
Verb
The Federal Reserve chair and the president stood stiffly, side by side, in matching hard hats, bickering on a building site, for all the world to see.
—Eleanor Pringle, Fortune, 29 Dec. 2025
But—this unstructured time is also an opportunity for your kids to bicker, complain about not having anything to do, and generally prompt parents to count down the hours until January 2!
—Melissa Willets, Parents, 25 Dec. 2025
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“Bicker.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bicker. Accessed 1 Jan. 2026.
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