pettifog

Meaning of pettifog

verb
  1. To quibble over trivial matters; nitpick.
    Don't pettifog or we will soon grow weary.
  2. To do a petty business as a lawyer, or carry out law business in a petty or tricky way.

Information about pettifog

  • It is a verb.
  • The plural form of pettifog is: pettifogs.
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Hyphenation of pettifog

pet-ti-fog

  • It consists of 3 syllables and 8 chars.
  • pettifog is a word trisyllabic because it has three syllables

pettifog synonyms

Meaning quibble:

quibble, niggle, bicker, squabble, brabble

Words that rhyme with pettifog

antifog

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