verb🔗ShareTo quibble over trivial matters; nitpick."Instead of working together on the project, they pettifogged over the font size and color choices for hours. "attitudecharacteractionlanguageChat 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 was known to pettifog over minor details in the contract, hoping to wear down the other party. "lawbusinessjobmoralChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading