Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary - quarrel

(quarrels, quarrelling, quarrelled) Note: in AM, use 'quarreling', 'quarreled' 1. A quarrel is an angry argument between two or more friends or family members. I had a terrible quarrel with my other brothers... N-COUNT 2. Quarrels between countries or groups of people are disagreements, which may be diplomatic or include fighting. (JOURNALISM) ...New Zealand’s quarrel with France over the Rainbow Warrior incident... N-COUNT 3. When two or more people quarrel, they have an angry argument. At one point we quarrelled, over something silly... My brother quarrelled with my father. V-RECIP: pl-n V, V with n 4. If you say that you have no quarrel with someone or something, you mean that you do not disagree with them. We have no quarrel with the people of Spain or of any other country... N-SING: with neg