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
- She had a lot of niggles about him.
- I have two niggles with the definition.
- You can test the water with a minor niggle and note the response.
- I've blocked the latest sock and reverted his vandalism of niggle.
- Thanks for putting that niggle aside and seeing the deeper problem.
- The only slight niggle that I had with was that it was a tad text bookish.
- I'm thank you for putting that niggle aside and seeing the deeper problem.
- This seems to me to be a quibble on top of a niggle working up to being snit.
- What's the next largest niggle on your lists, Ultramarine and Septentrionalis
- The big niggle I have is the paucity of substantive articlespace contributions.
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