Other words for arguing: “They stood there for an hour ________.”
| FUSSING | 170 |
| CHEWING THE RAG | 167 |
| SQUABBLING | 96 |
| CHEWING THE FAT | 73 |
| BICKERING | 71 |
| HAGGLING | 70 |
| QUARRELING | 70 |
| JAWING | 62 |
| WRANGLING | 59 |
| NR | 38 |
| DEBATING | 37 |
| ARGUING | 34 |
| DISAGREEING | 18 |
| DISCUSSING | 17 |
| FIGHTING | 14 |
| GABBING | 9 |
| JAWING BACK AND FORTH | 9 |
| HASSLING | 8 |
| DISPUTING | 7 |
| JANGLING | 7 |
| YAKKING | 7 |
| BANTERING | 6 |
| BITCHING | 6 |
| CHEWING | 5 |
| HASHING IT OVER | 5 |
| SHOOTING THE BREEZE | 5 |
| YELLING AT EACH OTHER | 5 |
| BEATING THEIR GUMS | 4 |
| BEEFING | 4 |
| DICKERING | 4 |
| QUARRELED | 4 |
| TALKING | 4 |
| TALKING BACK AND FORTH | 4 |
| YAPPING | 4 |
| AND FUSSED | 3 |
| ARGUING BACK AND FORTH | 3 |
| BATTLING | 3 |
| CHEWED THE FAT | 3 |
| GRIPING | 3 |
| HARANGUING | 3 |
| JARRING | 3 |
| QUIBBLING | 3 |
| RAPPING | 3 |
| RUNNING OFF AT THE MOUTH | 3 |
| SCRAPPING | 3 |
| YACKING | 3 |
| AND CHEWED THE FAT | 2 |
| AND CHEWED THE RAG | 2 |
| ARGUED BACK AND FORTH | 2 |
| BACKBITING | 2 |
| BATTLING IT OUT | 2 |
| BELLYACHING | 2 |
| BICKERED | 2 |
| BLABBING | 2 |
| BULLING | 2 |
| CHAWING THE RAG | 2 |
| CHIT-CHATTING | 2 |
| DISCUSSING IT | 2 |
| FUSSED | 2 |
| HAVING IT OUT | 2 |
| JAWING AT EACH OTHER | 2 |
| JUST ARGUING | 2 |
| KIBITZING | 2 |
| MOUTHING OFF | 2 |
| QUIBBLED | 2 |
| SCREAMING AT EACH OTHER | 2 |
| SPATTING | 2 |
| YAKKETY-YAKKING | 2 |
| YELLING | 2 |
| ACTING FOOLISH | 1 |
| AIRING THEIR LUNGS | 1 |
| AND ARGUED | 1 |
| AND BANNED WORDS | 1 |
| AND BICKERED | 1 |
| AND BITCHED | 1 |
| AND CHINNED | 1 |
| AND DEBATED | 1 |
| AND HAD A GIVE AND TAKE | 1 |
| AND HAD AT IT | 1 |
| AND QUARRELED | 1 |
| AND REALLY WENT AT IT | 1 |
| AND SPIT AT EACH OTHER | 1 |
| AND TALKED ABOUT IT | 1 |
| ARGUED ON END | 1 |
| ARGUED OVER NOTHING | 1 |
| ARGUED TILL THEY DIED | 1 |
| ARGUFYING | 1 |
| ARGUING OVER NOTHING | 1 |
| ARGUING UPHILL AND DOWN | 1 |
| AT EACH OTHER’S THROATS | 1 |
| AT LOGGERHEADS | 1 |
| B.S.-ING | 1 |
| BADGERING | 1 |
| BALLING | 1 |
| BALONEY | 1 |
| BANTERING EACH OTHER | 1 |
| BATTING IT AROUND | 1 |
| BATTING IT BACK AND FORTH | 1 |
| BATTING IT OUT | 1 |
| BATTING THE BREEZE | 1 |
| BEATING THE BULL | 1 |
| BEATING THE BUSH | 1 |
| BEATING UP THEIR CHOPS | 1 |
| BEATING UP THEIR GUMS | 1 |
| BEEFED | 1 |
| BICKING | 1 |
| BLABBERING | 1 |
| BLABBING OFF | 1 |
| BLEW ON EACH OTHER | 1 |
| BLEW THEIR TOP | 1 |
| BLOWING AT EACH OTHER | 1 |
| BLOWING OFF | 1 |
| BRAWLING | 1 |
| BULLSHITTING | 1 |
| BUMMING THEIR GUMS | 1 |
| BUMPED THEIR GUMS | 1 |
| BUMPING GUMS | 1 |
| BUMPING HEADS | 1 |
| BUMPING THEIR GUMS | 1 |
| CALLING EACH OTHER NAMES | 1 |
| CARRYING ON | 1 |
| CATERWAULING | 1 |
| CHAWING | 1 |
| CHEWED IT UP | 1 |
| CHEWING BACK AND FORTH | 1 |
| CHEWING THE BITS | 1 |
| CHEWING THINGS OVER | 1 |
| CHINNING | 1 |
| CHIPPING THEIR TEETH | 1 |
| CHOP-CHOPPING | 1 |
| COMPLAINING | 1 |
| CONTENDING | 1 |
| CONTESTING | 1 |
| CONTRADICTING | 1 |
| CRABBING | 1 |
| CURSING EACH OTHER OUT | 1 |
| CUSSED EACH OTHER | 1 |
| DEBATED | 1 |
| DEBATED AND ARGUED | 1 |
| DEBATING THE WHOLE ISSUE | 1 |
| DIFFERING | 1 |
| DISCUSSING IT FROM ALL ANGLES | 1 |
| DISCUSSING IT PRO AND CON | 1 |
| DISCUSSING THE MATTER | 1 |
| DISCUSSING THE POINT | 1 |
| EXCHANGING WORDS | 1 |
| FENDING | 1 |
| FIGHTING IT OUT | 1 |
| FIGHTING WITH EACH OTHER | 1 |
| FLOPPING THEIR JAWS | 1 |
| FOUGHT | 1 |
| FOUGHT LIKE CATS AND DOGS | 1 |
| FUMING | 1 |
| FUSSING ABOUT IT | 1 |
| FUSSING AND FIBBING | 1 |
| GABBING AND RUNNING AT THE MOUTH | 1 |
| GABBING AWAY | 1 |
| GABBING IT OUT | 1 |
| GAPING | 1 |
| GASSING OFF | 1 |
| GETTING NOWHERE | 1 |
| GIVING EACH OTHER A PIECE OF THEIR MINDS | 1 |
| GLIB-GLABBING | 1 |
| GOING BACK AND FORTH | 1 |
| GOING OVER IT | 1 |
| GOSSIPING | 1 |
| GRUMBLING | 1 |
| HAD A HELL OF A THRASH-OUT | 1 |
| HAD A JAWING MATCH | 1 |
| HAGGLING BACK AND FORTH | 1 |
| HARANGUED | 1 |
| HASHING AROUND | 1 |
| HASHING IT OUT | 1 |
| HAVING A HEALTHY SPAT | 1 |
| HAVING A ROW | 1 |
| HAVING A RUNAROUND | 1 |
| HE’D ARGUE WITH A FENCE POST | 1 |
| HEE-HAWED BACK AND FORTH | 1 |
| HEMMED AND HAWED | 1 |
| HEMMING AND HAWING | 1 |
| HISSING | 1 |
| HOLDING FORTH | 1 |
| IN A HEATED DISCUSSION | 1 |
| JABBERING | 1 |
| JAGGLING | 1 |
| JAWED | 1 |
| JAWING AT ONE ANOTHER | 1 |
| JAWING AWAY | 1 |
| JAWING BACK AT EACH OTHER | 1 |
| JIBBERING | 1 |
| JOWERED AROUND | 1 |
| LIPPING | 1 |
| MATCHING WITS | 1 |
| MOUTHED ON EACH OTHER | 1 |
| NANA-ING | 1 |
| PASSING THE BUCK | 1 |
| PIE-JAWING | 1 |
| POPPIN’ THEY GUMS | 1 |
| POPPING OFF | 1 |
| POPPING THEIR GUMS | 1 |
| PRETTY FUSS | 1 |
| PUT UP A HOWL | 1 |
| RACKED THEIR BRAINS | 1 |
| RAG-CHEWING | 1 |
| RAISING SAND | 1 |
| RANTING | 1 |
| RANTING AND RAVING | 1 |
| RHUBARBING | 1 |
| RUNNING AT THE MOUTH | 1 |
| RUNNING THEIR MOUTH | 1 |
| SCREAMING AND HOLLERING | 1 |
| SEESAWING | 1 |
| SHOOTING OFF THEIR MOUTHS | 1 |
| SHOOTING THE BULL | 1 |
| SHOOTING THE WIND | 1 |
| SHOOTING THEIR MOUTHS OFF | 1 |
| SHOT THE BULL | 1 |
| SHOUTING | 1 |
| SPOUTING | 1 |
| SPUTTERING AT EACH OTHER | 1 |
| TALKING BUT GETTING NOWHERE | 1 |
| TALKING IT OVER | 1 |
| TALKING THINGS OVER | 1 |
| THRASHED IT OUT | 1 |
| THRASHING IT OUT | 1 |
| WENT AT IT | 1 |
| WENT ROUND AND ROUND | 1 |
| YAKKING IT UP | 1 |
| YAK-YAKKING | 1 |
| YAMMERING AT EACH OTHER | 1 |
| YAPPED | 1 |
| YAPPING AT EACH OTHER | 1 |
| YAP-YAPPERED | 1 |
| YAYA-ING | 1 |
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