Both Uses of
squabble
in
Oryx and Crake
- They settle down into the darkening foliage, croaking and squabbling.†
p. 95.7squabbling = arguing -- typically over unimportant things
- Snowman takes a few minutes to scan the field, but apart from a cluster of dark birds squabbling over some object on the ground, nothing's moving.†
p. 226.5 *
Definition:
an act or instance of arguing -- typically over unimportant things