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单词 tig-tag
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tig-tagv.

Brit. /ˈtɪɡtaɡ/, U.S. /ˈtɪɡˌtæɡ/, Scottish English /ˈtɪɡtaɡ/
Etymology: Reduplicated formation, suggesting the continuous alternation of the game of tig n. or tag n.2
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).
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