Stickle
verb — past 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.
verb — past 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.