quibble

To argue or find fault over trivial matters or minor concerns; cavil.

A trivial matter or minor concern raised in arguing or finding fault.

A pun.

To trifle in argument or discourse; evade the point in question, or the plain truth, by artifice, play upon words, or any conceit; prevaricate.

To pun.

A start or turn from the point in question, or from plain truth; an evasion; a prevarication.

A pun; a trivial conceit.

A shift or turn from the point in question; a trifling or evasive distinction; an evasion; a cavil.

A pun; a low conceit.

To evade the point in question by artifice, play upon words, caviling, or by raising any insignificant or impertinent question or point; to trifle in argument or discourse; to equivocate.