haggle

hag·gle

H0010000 (hăg′əl)v. hag·gled, hag·gling, hag·gles v.intr.1. To bargain, as over the price of something; dicker: "He preferred to be overcharged than to haggle" (W. Somerset Maugham).2. To argue in an attempt to come to terms.v.tr.1. To cut (something) in a crude, unskillful manner; hack.2. Archaic To harass or worry by wrangling.n. An instance of bargaining or arguing.

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[Frequentative of dialectal hag, to chop, hack, from Middle English haggen, from Old Norse höggva; see kau- in Indo-European roots.]

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hag′gler n.

haggle

(ˈhæɡəl) vb1. (often foll by: over) to bargain or wrangle (over a price, terms of an agreement, etc); barter2. (tr) rare to hack[C16: of Scandinavian origin; compare Old Norse haggva to hew] ˈhaggler n

hag•gle

(ˈhæg əl)

v. -gled, -gling,
n. v.i. 1. to bargain in a petty, quibbling, often contentious manner: to haggle for a better price. 2. to dispute or cavil; wrangle: to haggle over the use of a word. v.t. 3. to mangle in cutting; hack. 4. Archaic. to harass with wrangling or haggling. n. 5. the act of haggling; a wrangle or dispute. [1575–85; appar. frequentative of Middle English haggen to cut, chop (< Old Norse hǫggva to hew); see -le]

Haggle

 of vendors: shopkeepers collectively—Lipton, 1970.

haggle

Past participle: haggled
Gerund: haggling

Imperative
haggle
haggle

Present
I haggle
you haggle
he/she/it haggles
we haggle
you haggle
they haggle

Preterite
I haggled
you haggled
he/she/it haggled
we haggled
you haggled
they haggled

Present Continuous
I am haggling
you are haggling
he/she/it is haggling
we are haggling
you are haggling
they are haggling

Present Perfect
I have haggled
you have haggled
he/she/it has haggled
we have haggled
you have haggled
they have haggled

Past Continuous
I was haggling
you were haggling
he/she/it was haggling
we were haggling
you were haggling
they were haggling

Past Perfect
I had haggled
you had haggled
he/she/it had haggled
we had haggled
you had haggled
they had haggled

Future
I will haggle
you will haggle
he/she/it will haggle
we will haggle
you will haggle
they will haggle

Future Perfect
I will have haggled
you will have haggled
he/she/it will have haggled
we will have haggled
you will have haggled
they will have haggled

Future Continuous
I will be haggling
you will be haggling
he/she/it will be haggling
we will be haggling
you will be haggling
they will be haggling

Present Perfect Continuous
I have been haggling
you have been haggling
he/she/it has been haggling
we have been haggling
you have been haggling
they have been haggling

Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been haggling
you will have been haggling
he/she/it will have been haggling
we will have been haggling
you will have been haggling
they will have been haggling

Past Perfect Continuous
I had been haggling
you had been haggling
he/she/it had been haggling
we had been haggling
you had been haggling
they had been haggling

Conditional
I would haggle
you would haggle
he/she/it would haggle
we would haggle
you would haggle
they would haggle

Past Conditional
I would have haggled
you would have haggled
he/she/it would have haggled
we would have haggled
you would have haggled
they would have haggled

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	haggle - an instance of intense argument (as in bargaining)haggling, wrangling, wranglebargaining - the negotiation of the terms of a transaction or agreement
Verb	1.	haggle - wrangle (over a price, terms of an agreement, etc.); "Let's not haggle over a few dollars"chaffer, higgle, hucksterbargain down, beat down - persuade the seller to accept a lower price; "She beat the merchant down $100"bargain, dicker - negotiate the terms of an exchange; "We bargained for a beautiful rug in the bazaar"

haggle

verb1. bargain, barter, beat down, drive a hard bargain, dicker (chiefly U.S.), chaffer, palter, higgle Ella taught her how to haggle with used furniture dealers.2. wrangle, dispute, quarrel, squabble, bicker as the politicians haggle, the violence worsens

haggle

verbTo argue about the terms, as of a sale:bargain, dicker, higgle, huckster, negotiate, palter.

Translations

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haggle

(ˈhӕgl) verb to argue about the price of something, or about the terms of an agreement. 討價還價 （在价格、条件等方面）讨价还价

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