haggle

  • 31haggle — I. v. n. Higgle, chaffer, be tedious in a bargain. II. v. a. 1. Cut (clumsily), hew, chop, hack, hackle. 2. Worry, tease, harass, badger, annoy, fret, bait …

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  • 32haggle — verb John spent nearly every Saturday morning haggling at flea markets and garage sales Syn: barter, bargain, negotiate, dicker, quibble, wrangle; beat someone down, drive a hard bargain …

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  • 33haggle — v 1. bargain, chaffer, higgle, palter, dicker, Scot. argle bargle; drive a bargain, Inf. beat or talk down; underbid, stickle, give [s.o.] a hard time, drive a hard bargain; exchange, barter, bandy, swap, swop, traffic, deal, peddle, truck,… …

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  • 34haggle — hag·gle …

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  • 35haggle — verb Syn: barter, bargain, negotiate, wrangle …

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  • 36haggle — [ˈhæg(ə)l] verb [I] to argue in order to agree on the price of something …

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  • 37haggle — [c]/ˈhægəl / (say haguhl) verb (haggled, haggling) –verb (i) 1. to bargain in a petty and tedious manner. 2. to wrangle, dispute, or cavil. –verb (t) Obsolete 3. to harass with wrangling or haggling. 4. to mangle in cutting; hack. –noun 5. the… …

  • 38haggle — v. & n. v.intr. (often foll. by about, over) dispute or bargain persistently. n. a dispute or wrangle. Derivatives: haggler n. Etymology: earlier sense hack f. ON houmlggva HEW …

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  • 40haggling — haggle hag‧gle [ˈhægl] verb [intransitive] COMMERCE to argue about a price or other amount of money before reaching an agreement: haggle over • The Maine Legislature has been haggling over the state s budget for months. haggling noun… …

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