Stickle



verbpast tense: stickled ; past participle: stickled ; present participle: stickling ;
1.
(INTRANSITIVE) (1. To argue or contend stubbornly, especially about trivial or petty points. 2. To have or raise objections; scruple) ជំទាស់, ប្រឆាំង, ប្រឈ្លោះគ្នា
ENGLISH MEANING
noun
1.
A shallow rapid in a river; also, the current below a waterfall.
verbpast tense: stickled ; past participle: stickled ; present participle: stickling ;
1.
(INTRANSITIVE) To separate combatants by intervening.
2.
(INTRANSITIVE) To contend, contest, or altercate, esp. in a pertinacious manner on insufficient grounds.
3.
(INTRANSITIVE) To play fast and loose; to pass from one side to the other; to trim.
4.
(TRANSITIVE) To separate, as combatants; hence, to quiet, to appease, as disputants.
5.
(TRANSITIVE) To intervene in; to stop, or put an end to, by intervening; hence, to arbitrate.