haggle
[ hag-uh l ]
/ ˈhæg əl /
verb (used without object), hag·gled, hag·gling.
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), hag·gled, hag·gling.
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.
OTHER WORDS FROM haggle
hag·gler, noun un·hag·gled, adjective un·hag·gling, adjectiveWords nearby haggle
haggadist,
haggai,
haggard,
hagged,
haggis,
haggle,
hagia,
hagia sophia, cathedral of,
hagiarchy,
hagio-,
hagiocracy
Example sentences from the Web for haggle
British Dictionary definitions for haggle
haggle
/ (ˈhæɡəl) /
verb
(intr often foll by over)
to bargain or wrangle (over a price, terms of an agreement, etc); barter
(tr) rare
to hack
Derived forms of haggle
haggler, nounWord Origin for haggle
C16: of Scandinavian origin; compare Old Norse
haggva to
hew