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View synonyms for haggle
haggle
[ hag-uhl ]
verb (used without object)
haggled, haggling.
- 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)
haggled, haggling.
- 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
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Derived Forms
- ˈhaggler, noun
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Other Words From
- haggler noun
- un·haggled adjective
- un·haggling adjective
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Word History and Origins
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Word History and Origins
Origin of haggle1
C16: of Scandinavian origin; compare Old Norse haggva to hew
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Example Sentences
The fishmonger and I haggled over the sea bass.
From Salon
This feels like looking forwards to a new future, without any more haggling over the past.
From BBC
Negotiators spent days haggling over terms and fees that Google would pay for the rights to carry Paramount channels.
From Los Angeles Times
The pattern for years has been haggling between the chancellor at No 11 and other government departments over the sums.
From BBC
It is a crisis that has been waiting to happen, but was deferred till now by long procedural haggling over the 2025 budget.
From BBC
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