cavil (n.)
- animadversion
- aspersion
- bicker
- carp
- carping
- censure
- chicane
- complaint
- contest
- criticism
- demur
- dispute
- dodge
- exception
- faultfinding
- fence
- flak
- hairsplitting
- hassle
- hedge
- hit
- imputation
- jesuitism
- knock
- moot
- nit
- object
- obloquy
- parry
- priggishness
- quibble
- quiddity
- quip
- quirk
- quodlibet
- rap
- reflection
- shift
- shuffle
- shy
- sidestep
- slam
- spar
- stricture
- swipe
- wrangle
cavil (v.)
- argue
- argufy
- bicker
- boggle
- carp
- censure
- chicane
- complain
- contend
- contest
- criticize
- demur
- dispute
- dodge
- equivocate
- evade
- exception
- fence
- hassle
- hedge
- hit
- knock
- moot
- mystify
- niggle
- nit
- nitpick
- object
- obscure
- palter
- parry
- pettifog
- plead
- polemicize
- polemize
- prevaricate
- pussyfoot
- quibble
- quip
- quirk
- rap
- shift
- shuffle
- shy
- sidestep
- slam
- spar
- swipe
- tergiversate
- wrangle
But in the way of bargain, mark ye me,
I 'll cavil on the ninth part of a hair.