verb🔗ShareTo quibble over trivial matters; nitpick."Instead of focusing on the important points of the project, he kept trying to pettifog over minor formatting details. "attitudecharacterwordChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareTo do a petty business as a lawyer, or carry out law business in a petty or tricky way."The lawyer pettifogged over a minor parking ticket, making the whole process much more complicated than it needed to be. "lawbusinessjobmoralcharacterChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading