单词 | tig-tag |
释义 | tig-tagv. Scottish. 1. intransitive. To continue in reciprocal action; to bicker; to haggle in bargaining. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > bargaining > bargain [verb (intransitive)] bargain1525 hucka1529 hucker1548 dodge1568 blockc1570 pelt1579 hack1587 haggle1589 to beat the bargain1591 to beat the market1591 huckster1593 niffera1598 badger1600 scotch1601 palter1611 cheapen1620 higgle1633 tig-tag1643 huckle1644 chaffer1693 chaffer1725 dicker1797 niffer1815 Jew1825 hacker1833 banter1835 higgle-haggle1841 hondle1921 wheel and deal1961 1643 R. Baillie Let. 7 Dec. (1841) II. 113 The King came..with purpose to break up Waller's quarters,..but..Waller is recruited, from Kent, with horse and foot, and minds to stand to it. They may tig tag on this way this twelve moneth. 2. transitive. To drive to and fro, to keep (a person) running to and fro. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > cause to move in a direction [verb (transitive)] > hither and thither fleck1567 ballotte1680 tig-tag1846 to pillar and post1901 1846 W. Cross Disruption xxxv. 383 They've..been tig-tagit for years, waiting on this Bill and the ither Bill. Derivatives tig-tagging n. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > bargaining > [noun] koffry1488 hucking1551 coping1595 haggling1632 hucksterage1641 huckstering1647 huckstery1662 bargaining1669 higgling1700 chaffering1794 badgering1800 dickering1802 tig-tagging1825 haggle1829 chaffer1851 bargain-driving1902 wheeling and dealing1969 1825 J. Jamieson Etymol. Dict. Sc. Lang. Suppl. at Tig Tig-taggin, the act of haggling; as, We had an awfu' tig-taggin about it, before we coud mak our bargain. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1912; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < v.1643 |
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