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    niggle

    niggle - Dictionary definition and meaning for word niggle

    Definition
    (verb) worry unnecessarily or excessively
    Synonyms : fret , fuss
    Example Sentence
    • don't fuss too much over the grandchildren--they are quite big now
    Definition
    (verb) argue over petty things
    Synonyms : bicker , brabble , pettifog , quibble , squabble
    Example Sentence
    • Let's not quibble over pennies
   Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for niggle

niggle: sounds like a new girls..who is worrying too much about her first day in college.

itna mat soch.....jaldi say doc ne di huee goli NIGGLE ja...dont NIGGLE over it too much..............:D

Niggle rhymes well with word "Nikal" in hindi..Imagine u have found fault in ur friends nature and you ask him/her to go out of the house.."Nikaal" jaao mere ghar se.

nigal(hindi) when we are in hurry to spend time on minor details we take our food quickly(nigalna)

now a days i NIGGLE too much over google...........:D

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to niggle in hindi to eat (khana), these kind of people take much more time in doing things i.e. they niggle time as food

vickel(niggle) - spend too much of time on minor

if a new girls arrive at school, all girls gather around to 1. find faults about her, and the new girl 2. worries if people will like her

niggle=N(Not)+eagle , means not like eagle as eagle planned everything in big terms.

She niggled with the principal as she is niggling about his child’s future because he gets occasional niggles in his stomach

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