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bisticcio — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • bicker verb To argue repeatedly over small, unimportant things.
  • pun noun A joke that plays on a word's different meanings or on words that sound alike.
  • quarrel noun An angry argument or dispute, especially between people who know each other.

Senses

bisticcio is used for these senses in English:

  • bicker (countable) A skirmish; an encounter.
  • pun A joke or type of wordplay in which similar definitions or sounds of two words or phrases, or different definitions of the same word, are deliberately confused.
  • quarrel (countable) A dispute or heated argument (especially one that is verbal).

bicker — full definition

  1. verb To argue repeatedly over small, unimportant things.
  2. noun A petty, ongoing squabble or argument.

pun — full definition

  1. noun A joke that plays on a word's different meanings or on words that sound alike.
  2. verb To make a joke by playing on the sound or meaning of words.

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