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Wordnet 3.0

VERB (1)

1. wrangle (over a price, terms of an agreement, etc.);
- Example: "Let's not haggle over a few dollars"
[syn: haggle, higgle, chaffer, huckster]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Higgle \Hig"gle\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Higgled; p. pr. & vb. n. Higgling.] [Cf. Haggle, or Huckster.] 1. To hawk or peddle provisions. [1913 Webster] 2. To chaffer; to stickle for small advantages in buying and selling; to haggle. [1913 Webster] A person accustomed to higgle about taps. --Jeffry. [1913 Webster] To truck and higgle for a private good. --Emerson. [1913 Webster]