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/ˈkæfl̩/ · verb
(dialectal, Northern England, Ireland) To wrangle, to argue, to quarrel..
Neither snow nor rain could prevent him from going, for he hated caffling.
Mr. W—, after some caffling, declared he did not say so and so.
An' he caffles, an' slews, an' weant saay nowt stright oot aboot munny; an' thaay niver gets to knaw how things is to be left.
He caffled a bit when he was afoore th' magistrates, bud it were to noä good.
Use caffle when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Caffle means (dialectal, Northern England, Ireland) To wrangle, to argue, to quarrel..
The closest synonym depends on the sentence and intended sense.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
Neither snow nor rain could prevent him from going, for he hated caffling.
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