argufy
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ar·gu·fy
(är′gyə-fī′)v. ar·gu·fied, ar·gu·fy·ing, ar·gu·fies Chiefly Southern US
v.tr.
To dispute (a point).
v.intr.
To argue aimlessly.
ar′gu·fi′er n.
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argufy
(ˈɑːɡjʊˌfaɪ)vb, -fies, -fying or -fied
facetious or dialect to argue or quarrel, esp over something trivial
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ar•gu•fy
(ˈɑr gyəˌfaɪ)v.t., v.i. -fied, -fy•ing.
Southern U.S. to argue; dispute.
ar′gu•fi`er, n.
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argufy
Past participle: argufied
Gerund: argufying
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| Verb | 1. |  argufy - have a disagreement over something; "We quarreled over the question as to who discovered America"; "These two fellows are always scrapping over something"brawl, wrangle - to quarrel noisily, angrily or disruptively; "The bar keeper threw them out, but they continued to wrangle on down the street" spat - engage in a brief and petty quarrel polemicise, polemicize, polemise, polemize - engage in a controversy; "The two historians polemicized for years" fall out - have a breach in relations; "We fell out over a trivial question" |
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Translations
argufy
vi (esp hum) → wegen jeder Kleinigkeit streiten
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