intransitive verb. To argue or contend stubbornly, especially about trivial or petty points.

intransitive verb. To have or raise objections; scruple.

noun. A sharp point; a prickle; a spine.

Steep; high; inaccessible.

High, as the water of a river; swollen; sweeping; rapid.

noun. A shallow in a river where the water, being confined, runs with violence.

noun. A current below a waterfall.

To interpose in and put a stop to; mediate between; pacify.

To interpose between combatants and separate them; mediate; arbitrate.

To take part with one side or the other; uphold one party to a dispute.

To contest or contend pertinaciously on insufficient grounds; insist upon some trifle.

To hesitate.

To play fast and loose; waver from one side to the other; trim.

intransitive verb. To separate combatants by intervening.

intransitive verb. To contend, contest, or altercate, esp. in a pertinacious manner on insufficient grounds.

intransitive verb. To play fast and loose; to pass from one side to the other; to trim.

noun. A shallow rapid in a river; also, the current below a waterfall.

transitive verb. To separate, as combatants; hence, to quiet, to appease, as disputants.

transitive verb. To intervene in; to stop, or put an end to, by intervening; hence, to arbitrate.

verb. To act as referee or arbiter; to mediate.

verb. To argue or struggle for.

verb. To raise objections; to argue stubbornly, especially over minor or trivial matters.

noun. A shallow rapid in a river.

noun. The current below a waterfall.

verb. dispute or argue stubbornly (especially minor points)

"I hate to be a stickler, but I feel it is my duty to stickle, and I really just wanted to use the word "stickle"'cuz I just made it up, but anyway:"

stickler  

argue  contend  debate  fence  

Mikel  Nicol  brickle  ferronickel  fickle  

elision  methought  whie  

abrupt  arduous  back down  balance  balk  

stickled  stickles  stickling