verb

1. To quarrel in a tiresome, insulting manner.

   “They bickered about dinner every evening.”

2. To brawl or move tremulously, quiver, shimmer (of a water stream, light, flame, etc.)

3. (of rain) To patter.

Synonyms: wrangle

noun

1. Petty quarreling. Usually considered a childish behaviour, although often applied to adults.