1. A shift or turn from the point in question; a trifling or evasive distinction; an evasion; a cavil. Quibbles have no place in the search after truth. I. Watts.
2. A pun; a low conceit.
QUIBBLE
Quib"ble, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Quibbled; p. pr. & vb. n. Quibbling.]
1. To evade the point in question by artifice, play upon words, caviling, or by raising any insignificant or impertinent question or point; to trifle in argument or discourse; to equivocate.
2. To pun; to practice punning. Cudworth.
Syn.
— To cavil; shuffle; equivocate; trifle.
QUIBBLER
Quib"bler, n.
Defn: One who quibbles; a caviler; also, a punster.
QUIBBLINGLY
Quib"bling*ly, adv.
Defn: Triflingly; evasively.