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stick·le
(stĭk′əl)intr.v. stick·led, stick·ling, stick·les
1. To argue or contend stubbornly, especially about trivial or petty points.
2. To have or raise objections; scruple.
[Variant of Middle English stightlen, to contend, frequentative of stighten, to arrange, from Old English stihtian, stihtan; see steigh- in Indo-European roots.]
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stickle
(ˈstɪkəl)vb (intr)
1. to dispute stubbornly, esp about minor points
2. to refuse to agree or concur, esp by making petty stipulations
[C16 stightle (in the sense: to arbitrate): frequentative of Old English stihtan to arrange; related to Old Norse stētta to support]
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stick•le
(ˈstɪk əl)v.i. -led, -ling.
1. to argue or haggle insistently, esp. on trivial matters.
2. to raise objections; scruple; demur.
[1520–30; variant of obsolete stightle to set in order, frequentative of stight, Middle English stighten, Old English stihtan to arrange, c. Old Norse stētta to set up]
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stickle
Past participle: stickled
Gerund: stickling
| Imperative |
|---|
| stickle |
| stickle |
| Present |
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| I stickle |
| you stickle |
| he/she/it stickles |
| we stickle |
| you stickle |
| they stickle |
| Preterite |
|---|
| I stickled |
| you stickled |
| he/she/it stickled |
| we stickled |
| you stickled |
| they stickled |
| Present Continuous |
|---|
| I am stickling |
| you are stickling |
| he/she/it is stickling |
| we are stickling |
| you are stickling |
| they are stickling |
| Present Perfect |
|---|
| I have stickled |
| you have stickled |
| he/she/it has stickled |
| we have stickled |
| you have stickled |
| they have stickled |
| Past Continuous |
|---|
| I was stickling |
| you were stickling |
| he/she/it was stickling |
| we were stickling |
| you were stickling |
| they were stickling |
| Past Perfect |
|---|
| I had stickled |
| you had stickled |
| he/she/it had stickled |
| we had stickled |
| you had stickled |
| they had stickled |
| Future |
|---|
| I will stickle |
| you will stickle |
| he/she/it will stickle |
| we will stickle |
| you will stickle |
| they will stickle |
| Future Perfect |
|---|
| I will have stickled |
| you will have stickled |
| he/she/it will have stickled |
| we will have stickled |
| you will have stickled |
| they will have stickled |
| Future Continuous |
|---|
| I will be stickling |
| you will be stickling |
| he/she/it will be stickling |
| we will be stickling |
| you will be stickling |
| they will be stickling |
| Present Perfect Continuous |
|---|
| I have been stickling |
| you have been stickling |
| he/she/it has been stickling |
| we have been stickling |
| you have been stickling |
| they have been stickling |
| Future Perfect Continuous |
|---|
| I will have been stickling |
| you will have been stickling |
| he/she/it will have been stickling |
| we will have been stickling |
| you will have been stickling |
| they will have been stickling |
| Past Perfect Continuous |
|---|
| I had been stickling |
| you had been stickling |
| he/she/it had been stickling |
| we had been stickling |
| you had been stickling |
| they had been stickling |
| Conditional |
|---|
| I would stickle |
| you would stickle |
| he/she/it would stickle |
| we would stickle |
| you would stickle |
| they would stickle |
| Past Conditional |
|---|
| I would have stickled |
| you would have stickled |
| he/she/it would have stickled |
| we would have stickled |
| you would have stickled |
| they would have stickled |
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Verb 1. stickle - dispute or argue stubbornly (especially minor points)
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