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haggle
[ hag-uhl ]
verb (used without object)
- to bargain in a petty, quibbling, and often contentious manner:
They spent hours haggling over the price of fish.
- to wrangle, dispute, or cavil:
The senators haggled interminably over the proposed bill.
verb (used with object)
- to mangle in cutting; hack.
- to settle on by haggling.
- Archaic. to harass with wrangling or haggling.
noun
- the act of haggling; wrangle or dispute over terms.
haggle
/ ˈhæɡəl /
verb
- introften foll byover to bargain or wrangle (over a price, terms of an agreement, etc); barter
- rare.tr to hack
Derived Forms
- ˈhaggler, noun
Other Words From
- haggler noun
- un·haggled adjective
- un·haggling adjective
Word History and Origins
Word History and Origins
Origin of haggle1
Example Sentences
The pattern for years has been haggling between the chancellor at No 11 and other government departments over the sums.
It is a crisis that has been waiting to happen, but was deferred till now by long procedural haggling over the 2025 budget.
There has been an intensification in the exchange of fire between Israel and Hezbollah, just as the two sides haggle over the final details of the deal.
Consumers also can cancel streaming services with a click of a button — without haggling with a customer service representative at a pay-TV company call center.
“Your country is at war,” a Chinese tourist tells a Myanmar jade seller he is haggling with at the market.
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