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stickle

[ stik-uhl ]

verb (used without object)

stickled, stickling.
  1. to argue or haggle insistently, especially on trivial matters.
  2. to raise objections; scruple; demur.


stickle

/ ˈ²õ³Ùɪ°ìÉ™±ô /

verb

  1. to dispute stubbornly, esp about minor points
  2. to refuse to agree or concur, esp by making petty stipulations
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of stickle1

1520–30; variant of obsolete stightle to set in order, frequentative of stight to set in order, Middle English stighten, Old English stihtan to arrange; cognate with German stiften, Old Norse ²õ³Ùŧ³Ù³Ù²¹ to set up
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of stickle1

C16 stightle (in the sense: to arbitrate): frequentative of Old English stihtan to arrange; related to Old Norse ²õ³Ùŧ³Ù³Ù²¹ to support
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Inside, posters with the Communist Party hammer and stickle emblem featured slogans that read: “Safeguarding the Party and the country’s secrets is every citizen’s required duty.â€

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Rice’s situation — the stickling intruder bent on curtailing the freedom of action customarily enjoyed by denizens of a backwater — may be nothing new to readers of suspense fiction, but Rice himself is full of surprises.

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"It is just about stickling to your systems and trusting in the bubble you are in."

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Browne's Pastoral, "The Squirrel Hunt," we read of— "Patient anglers, standing all the day Near to some shallow stickle, or deep bay."

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This is seen in their way of stickling for accuracy when others repeat familiar word-forms.

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