From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
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.
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2. To pun; to practice punning. --Cudworth.
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Syn: To cavil; shuffle; equivocate; trifle.
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