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Plural for a trivial criticism, discomfort, or annoyance
“Hannah couldn't really remember what started the row but it was most likely the usual niggle about not being able to get a decision out of Walt on something.”
Plural for something (typically trivial) that causes concern or worry
“What worried me, and it was a constant niggle which I had to crush with resolution, was the outrageousness of our expenditure.”
Plural for protest, objection, disapproving pleading, or an act thereof
Plural for a scrap of leftover food
Plural for an unpleasant sensation caused by physical illness or injury
Plural for a subject or matter that engrosses someone
Plural for lack of consensus, agreement or approval
To complain or express discontent in a wearisome manner
“The way they niggle me about it, you'd think hacking it on one's own in a flat in Lincoln Street was like being some frightful old maid with a bead necklace and dingle-dangle earrings doing the Chelsea Bohemian bit in the Twenties.”
To cause slight but persistent annoyance, discomfort, or anxiety to
“That one thing he said would niggle me for the whole twelve days to come.”
To quibble over trivial matters
To fiddle with something in an attempt to fix, mend or improve it, especially in an experimental or unskilled manner
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