muggenziften — meaning in English
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English meaning
- niggle noun A minor complaint or problem.
- nitpick verb To correct insignificant mistakes or find fault in unimportant details.
- nitpicking noun The painstaking process of removing nits (lice eggs) from someone's hair.
- quibble noun A minor, often pedantic objection or complaint about a small detail.
Senses
muggenziften is used for these senses in English:
- niggle (intransitive) To dwell too much on minor points or on trifling details.
- nitpick (figurative) To correct insignificant mistakes or find fault in unimportant details.
- nitpicking (figuratively, by extension) A process of finding or pointing out tiny details or errors, particularly if the pointed-out details seem insignificant or irrelevant to all but the finder.
- quibble (informal, intransitive) To complain or argue in a trivial or petty manner.
- split hairs (idiomatic) To consider or argue about fine details; to worry about minutiae.
niggle — full definition
- noun A minor complaint or problem.
- noun Small, cramped handwriting.
nitpick — full definition
- verb To correct insignificant mistakes or find fault in unimportant details.
- verb To pick nits (lice eggs) from someone’s hair.
- verb To pick nits (lice eggs) from someone’s hair. I nitpicked his hair.
- verb I nitpicked his hair.