Definition of "stickle" [stic•kle]

• To argue or contend stubbornly, especially about trivial or petty points. (verb-intransitive)
• To have or raise objections; scruple. (verb-intransitive)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

• "I hate to be a stickler, but I feel it is my duty to stickle, and I really just wanted to use the word "stickle"'cuz I just made it up, but anyway:"
• "On Stewart v Cramer, I found this from The Theory of Business of Enterprise written in 1915 and as good a critique of 20th century media written, and for anyone who "stickle for truth", remains a major issue to sort for 21st century democracy."
• "Systematic insincerity on the part of the ostensible purveyors of information and leaders of opinion may be deplored by persons who stickle for truth and pin their hopes of social salvation on the spread of accurate information."