Found 2 items, similar to pettifog.
English → English (WordNet) Definition: pettifog pettifog v : argue over petty things; “Let's not quibble over pennies” [syn: quibble, niggle, bicker, squabble, brabble] [also: pettifogging, pettifogged]
English → English (gcide) Definition: Pettifog Pettifog \Pet"ti*fog\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Pettifogged; p. pr. & vb. n. Pettifogging.] [Petty + fog to pettifog.] To do a petty business as a lawyer; also, to do law business in a petty or tricky way. “He takes no money, but pettifogs gratis.” --S. Butler. [1913 Webster] Pettifog \Pet"ti*fog\, v. t. To advocate like a pettifogger; to argue trickily; as, to pettifog a claim. [Colloq.] [1913 Webster]