<p><strong>Noun</strong></p><ul><li>An instance of the use of ambiguous, prevaricating, or irrelevant language or arguments to evade a point at issue.</li><li>Synonyms: ambiguity, shift, sophism, equivocation, evasion.</li><li>The general use of such arguments.</li><li>Petty or carping criticism; a minor objection.</li></ul><p><strong>Verb</strong></p><ul><li>(used without object)<ul><li>quibbled, quibbling.</li><li>To equivocate.</li><li>To carp; cavil.</li></ul></li></ul>