stickle

Meanings

Plural: stickles

Verb

dispute or argue stubbornly (especially minor points)
To act as referee or arbiter; to mediate.
To argue or struggle for.
To raise objections; to argue stubbornly, especially over minor or trivial matters.
To separate, as combatants; hence, to quiet, to appease, as disputants.
To intervene in; to stop, or put an end to, by intervening.
To separate combatants by intervening.
To contend, contest, or altercate, especially in a pertinacious manner on insufficient grounds.

Noun

A sharp point; prickle; a spine
A shallow rapid in a river.
The current below a waterfall.

Adj

Steep; high; inaccessible.
High, as the water of a river; swollen; sweeping; rapid.

Origin / Etymology

From Middle English *stikel, *stykyl (in compounds), from Old English sticel (“a prickle, sting, goad”), from Proto-Germanic *stiklaz, *stikilaz (“sting, stinger, peak, cup, goblet”), related to the verb *stikaną (“to stick”). Cognate with Dutch stekel, Icelandic stikill, Gothic 𐍃𐍄𐌹𐌺𐌻𐍃 (stikls) (whence Russian стекло́ (stekló, “glass”), Lithuanian sti̇̀klas).

Scrabble Score: 13

stickle is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL word
stickle is a valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
stickle is a valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 15

stickle is a valid Words With Friends word