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Webster 1913 Edition
Haggle
Hag′gle
(hăg′g’l)
, Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Haggled
(-g’ld)
; p. pr. & vb. n.
Haggling
(-glĭng)
.] 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;
as, a boy
. haggles
a stick of woodSuffolk first died, and York, all
Comes to him, where in gore he lay insteeped.
haggled
o’er,Comes to him, where in gore he lay insteeped.
Shakespeare
Hag′gle
,Verb.
I.
To be difficult in bargaining; to stick at small matters; to chaffer; to higgle.
Royalty and science never
haggled
about the value of blood. Walpole.
Hag′gle
,Noun.
The act or process of haggling.
Carlyle.
Webster 1828 Edition
Haggle
HAG'GLE
,Verb.
T.
Suffolk first died, and York all haggled o'er,
Comes to him where in gore he lay insteep'd.
HAG'GLE
,Verb.
I.
Definition 2024
haggle
haggle
English
Verb
haggle (third-person singular simple present haggles, present participle haggling, simple past and past participle haggled)
- (intransitive) To argue for a better deal, especially over prices with a seller.
- I haggled for a better price because the original price was too high.
- (transitive) To hack (cut crudely)
- Shakespeare
- Suffolk first died, and York, all haggled o'er, / Comes to him, where in gore he lay insteeped.
- 1884: Mark Twain, The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, Chapter VIII
- I catched a catfish and haggled him open with my saw, and towards sundown I started my camp fire and had supper. Then I set out a line to catch some fish for breakfast.
- Shakespeare
- To stick at small matters; to chaffer; to higgle.
- Walpole
- Royalty and science never haggled about the value of blood.
- Walpole
Synonyms
- (to argue for a better deal): wrangle
Derived terms
Translations
to argue for a better deal
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to stick at small matters