spatting
Having a tiff
Spatting is quarreling or bickering, typically over minor matters: They were spatting about whose turn it was to do dishes.
The word suggests petty disagreement rather than serious conflict.
Spatting also refers to the act of putting on spats—the cloth or leather coverings once worn over shoes and ankles.
Petty verbal sparring
- squabblingArguing over trivialities
- tiffMinor interpersonal dispute
- rowLinear arrangement across
- wrangleArgue or herd livestock
squabble · altercation · falling-out · disagreement · words · argument · dust-up · set-to
bickering
Petty verbal sparring
- squabblingArguing over trivialities
- tiffMinor interpersonal dispute
- rowLinear arrangement across
wrangle · squabble · altercation · falling-out · disagreement · words · argument · dust-up · set-to · run-in
spattingharmonizing
Creating musical agreement
agreeing · reconciling · making up · getting along · cooperating
spat, spatter, splatter, spattered, spats, splattered, spatters, splattering, spattering