nipottaa — meaning in English

English meaning

• nitpick verb To complain about small, unimportant faults or mistakes.
• quarrel noun An angry argument or dispute, especially between people who know each other.

Senses

nipottaa is used for these senses in English:

• cavil (intransitive) To criticise for petty or frivolous reasons.
• nitpick (figurative) To correct insignificant mistakes or find fault in unimportant details.
• quarrel (intransitive, also, figuratively) To argue fiercely; to contend; to squabble; to cease to be on friendly terms, to fall out.

nitpick — full definition

1. verb To complain about small, unimportant faults or mistakes.
2. verb To remove nits, the eggs of lice, from someone's hair.
3. verb To take nits, or lice eggs, out of someone's hair.
4. verb To clear nits, the eggs laid by lice, out of someone's hair.

quarrel — full definition

1. noun An angry argument or dispute, especially between people who know each other.
2. verb To argue angrily or fall out with someone.

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