Petty quarreling. Usually considered a childish behaviour, although often applied to adults.
1820, in Memoirs of John Duke of Marlborough, By William Coxe, Ch.40 heading.Meeting of Parliament. — Choice of a whig Speaker. — Speech from the throne. — Parliamentary proceedings, and party bickerings.
2011, October 15, Phil McNulty, Liverpool 1 - 1 Man Utd, After Evra was also shown a yellow card following a prolonged bout of bickering which also involved Suarez, Ferguson decided on a double change by replacing Park Ji-sung and Ashley Young with Nani and Rooney.