Definition of quibble

• n. - A shift or turn from the point in question; a trifling or evasive distinction; an evasion; a cavil.
• n. - A pun; a low conceit.
• v. i. - To evade the point in question by artifice, play upon words, caviling, or by raising any insignificant or impertinent question or point; to trifle in argument or discourse; to equivocate.
• v. i. - To pun; to practice punning.