verb intransitiveWord forms: ˈhiggled or ˈhiggling
haggle
Derived forms
higgler (ˈhiggler)
noun
Word origin
prob. weakened form of haggle
higgle in American English
(ˈhɪɡəl)
intransitive verbWord forms: -gled, -gling
to bargain, esp. in a petty way; haggle
Word origin
[1625–35; appar. var. of haggle]This word is first recorded in the period 1625–35. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: deviate, etch, interlock, officiate, program