Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- intransitive verb To bargain, as over the price of something; dicker.
- intransitive verb To argue in an attempt to come to terms.
- intransitive verb To cut (something) in a crude, unskillful manner; hack.
- intransitive verb Archaic To harass or worry by wrangling.
- noun An instance of bargaining or arguing.
from The Century Dictionary.
- To hail.
- To hack roughly; cut or chop in an unskilful manner; mangle in cutting.
- To tease; worry.
- To bargain in a petty and tedious manner; higgle; stick at small matters; cavil.
- noun A haggling or chaffering.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun The act or process of haggling.
- transitive verb To cut roughly or hack; to cut into small pieces; to notch or cut in an unskillful manner; to make rough or mangle by cutting.
- intransitive verb To be difficult in bargaining; to stick at small matters; to chaffer; to higgle.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb intransitive To
argue for a better deal, especially overprices with aseller . - verb transitive To
hack (cut crudely)
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun an instance of intense argument (as in bargaining)
- verb wrangle (over a price, terms of an agreement, etc.)
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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And I saw Sideways and didn't notice the strange pronunciation of "haggle" -- it may be there, but if so it's an accident of the moment.
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"They haggle, which is normal," says Sydney luxury car dealer Nasser Elkordi of the grim-faced sellers of once prized Porches and Range Rovers.
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"Clearly, some of our customers feel that we can 'haggle' and secure a much better price than they can."
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Medvedev said he would not "haggle" on Iran and the missile shield.
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Medvedev says he will not "haggle" over Iran and the missile shield.
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Medvedev says he will not "haggle" over Iran and the missile shield.
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Now, Medvedev obviously is going to say that in no way is Russia going to "haggle" over its security.
unknown title 2009
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Medvedev says he will not "haggle" over Iran and the missile shield.
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Medvedev says he will not "haggle" over Iran and the missile shield.
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I never bargain "--" haggle, "it would seem, is the proper word.
America To-day, Observations and Reflections William Archer 1890
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