meaning of stickle
1. To separate combatants by intervening.
2. To contend, contest, or altercate, esp. in a pertinacious manner on insufficient grounds.
3. To play fast and loose; to pass from one side to the other; to trim.
4. To separate, as combatants; hence, to quiet, to appease, as disputants.
5. To intervene in; to stop, or put an end to, by intervening; hence, to arbitrate.
6. A shallow rapid in a river; also, the current below a waterfall.
7. dispute or argue stubbornly especially minor points
Related Words
stickle | stickleback | stickled | stickler |
