Chicaning [verb]
Definition of Chicaning:
disagree over minor issues
Synonyms of Chicaning:
● Squabble
● Bicker
● Carp
● Waffle
● Spar
● Wrangle
● Cavil
● Criticize
● Pettifog
● Fence
● Shift
● Avoid
● Evade
● Hassle
● Equivocate
● Flip-flop
● Pretend
● Prevaricate
● Dispute
● Blow hot and cold
● Hem and haw
● Split hairs
● Argufy
● Chicane
● Altercate
● Argue over
● Catch at straws
● Have at it
● Hypercriticize
● Make a big thing about
● Nit-pick
● Paralogize
● Put up an argument
● Set to
● Talk back
Opposite/Antonyms of Chicaning:
● Approve
● Tell truth
● Meet
● Face
● Agree
● Concur
Sentence/Example of Chicaning:
A Judge that goes upon chicaning is to be punished more severely than a highway Robber.
But the poor girl had no thought of so chicaning away life; her mind was fixed on far other subjects.
The man who goes to law surrenders his liberty of action and becomes the sport of chicaning lawyers and hair-splitting judges.