vverb.possessionwrangle (over a price, terms of an agreement, etc.)Synset:haggle higgle huckster
Examples:- Let's not haggle over a few dollars
Derivationally Related Form:hucksterhagglinghagglerhaggle
Hypernyms:bargain dicker
Inherited Hypernyms:haggledickernegociatehash outtalk oftalkcommunicateinteractact
Direct Hyponyms:bargain downbeat down
Full Troponyms:beat down
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s | Somebody ---s PP | Sam and Sue --- (apply to: higgle, haggle) | Sam wants to --- with Sue (apply to: higgle, chaffer, haggle) | The glass tubes --- (apply to: chaffer)
vverb.communicationtalk socially without exchanging too much informationSynset:chat chatter chew the fat chit-chat chitchat claver confab confabulate gossip jaw natter shoot the breeze visit
Examples:- the men were sitting in the cafe and shooting the breeze
Derivationally Related Form:chatchitchatchatterchit-chatconfabulationgossipvisitorchit chatchatterer
Hypernyms:converse discourse
Inherited Hypernyms:chew the fatconversetalkcommunicateinteractact
Direct Hyponyms:jawboneschmooseschmoozeshmooseshmooze
Full Troponyms:shmooze
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s | Sam and Sue --- (apply to: chat, chatter, chitchat, visit) | Sam wants to --- with Sue (apply to: chat, chatter, chitchat) | Sam cannot --- Sue (apply to: visit)