how to pronounce bicker

/ˈbɪk.əɹ/

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bicker is pronounced in two syllables

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An example use of bicker in a speech by a native speaker of british english:

“… süleyman bicker over who has the most …”

meanings of bicker

noun:

A fight with stones between two parties of boys.
A wrangle; also, a noise, as in angry contention.
The process by which selective eating clubs at Princeton University choose new members.
A skirmish; an encounter.
A wooden drinking-cup or other dish.

verb:

To patter.
To quarrel in a tiresome, insulting manner.
To skirmish; to exchange blows; to fight.
To brawl or move tremulously, quiver, shimmer (of a water stream, light, flame, etc.).

bicker frequency in english - C2+ level of CEFR

the word bicker occurs in english on average 1.9 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C2+ level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.

topics bicker can be related to

it is hard to perfectly classify words into specific topics since each word can have many context of its use, but our machine-learning models believe that bicker can be often used in the following areas:

1) communication, information, and media;