Quibble

·noun A pun; a low conceit.

II. Quibble ·vi To Pun; to practice punning.

III. Quibble ·noun A shift or turn from the point in question; a trifling or evasive distinction; an evasion; a cavil.

IV. Quibble ·vi To evade the point in question by artifice, play upon words, caviling, or by raising any insignificant or impertinent question or point; to trifle in argument or discourse; to Equivocate.