Quibble — Defs

01 n. A shift or turn from the point in question; a trifling or evasive distinction; an evasion; a cavil.

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.

02 v. i. To evade the point in question by artifice, play upon words, caviling, or by raising any insignificant or impertinent question or point; to…

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.

Syn. To cavil; shuffle; equivocate; trifle.