niggle
IPA: nˈɪgʌɫ
noun
- A minor complaint or problem.
- (obsolete) Small, cramped handwriting.
verb
- (transitive, obsolete) To trifle with; to deceive; to mock.
- (transitive) To use, spend, or do in a petty or trifling manner.
- (intransitive) To dwell too much on minor points or on trifling details.
- (intransitive, chiefly UK) To fidget, fiddle, be restless.
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Examples of "niggle" in Sentences
- A niggle is your body's way of saying something is wrong.
- Another niggle is a complete lack of scale or compass rose.
- I just have one small niggle, which is that bariatric surgery "curing" diabetes looks like
- "I'll make a start," he said; "'gin' one; 'niggle' -- that's rather good -- two; 'mug' three."
- The only niggle is that the language doesn’t seem to know which side of the Atlantic it’s supposed to be on.
- On my last visit to Sheffield for the Indoor UK trials she pulled out with an ankle injury, which was initially described as a niggle.
- "Early in the first quarter against the Swans, Matthew aggravated a long-term niggle in his hamstring origin tendon," Dr Hickey told richmondfc. com.au.
- I have to wonder why he couldn't explain "niggle" to the people involved, or why he wasn't suing everyone's ass off or wasn't, if he wasn't, bought off.
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