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HIGGLE

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Wrangle (over a price, terms of an agreement, etc.)

Example:

Let's not haggle over a few dollars

Synonyms:

chaffer; haggle; higgle; huckster

Classified under:

Verbs of buying, selling, owning

Hypernyms (to "higgle" is one way to...):

bargain; dicker (negotiate the terms of an exchange)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "higgle"):

bargain down; beat down (persuade the seller to accept a lower price)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s PP

Sentence examples:

Sam and Sue higgle

Sam wants to higgle with Sue

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