Quibble

1. A pun; a low conceit.
2. A shift or turn from the point in question; a trifling or evasive distinction; an evasion; a cavil.
3. To pun; to practice punning.
4. 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.